Passenger Flashcards
Biggest part of the fetal body
HEAD
lways the presenting part
HEAD
- Turn to present smallest diameter
HEAD
CRANIAL BONES
1 frontal bone 2 parietal bone
1 occipital bone 2 temporal bone
1 sphenoid bone
1 ethmoid bone
1 FOSE, 2 PaTe
allow skull bones to overlap (molding) and for further brain development (SFC La
SUTURE LINES
between 2 parietal bones
Sagittal Suture
between 2 frontal bones
Frontal Suture
between frontal and parietal
Coronal Suture
between parietal and occipital
Lambdoidal Suture
intersection of suture lines
FONTANELS
intersection of SFC
Anterior Fontanel or Bregma
most important TD
Biparietal
greatest diameter presented to the pelvic inlet’s AP and at the outlet’s TD
Biparietal
Biparietal cm
average measurement is 9.5 cm
Bitemporal – average measurement is
8cm