Match the pelvic types with their descriptions. Pelvic types may be used more than once
a. Gynecoid
_____ Best suited for childbirth
b. Android
_____ Fetal descent more likely to be in a posterior presentation
c. Anthropoid
_____Fetal descent is often in a transverse presentation
d. Platypelloid
_____ Triangular or heart-shaped
_____ Only found in 3% of women
_____ Traditional form found in about 50% of women
_____Oval shaped at the inlet but in the anterior-posterior plane
_____ Characteristics cause difficulty during fetal descent
ANS:
a, c, d, b, d, a, c, b
The gynecoid pelvis is the typical female pelvis best suited for vaginal delivery. The android pelvis is triangular (or heart-shaped) and the shape can cause difficulty during fetal descent. The anthropoid pelvis is more likely to result in a posterior fetal presentation due to its oval shape at the inlet that is in the anterior-posterior plane. The platypelloid pelvis usually prevents vaginal delivery owing to the fetus descending in a transverse presentation.
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