Sentences with phrase «pelvic bone as»

Additional birth trauma injuries may occur when a baby's shoulders become stuck behind the mother's pelvic bone as the baby moves down the birth canal, a complication known as shoulder dystocia.

Fetal macrosomia may, in turn, lead to a childbirth complication known as shoulder dystocia, which occurs when a fetus's shoulder is caught behind the mother's pelvic bone as the fetus moves down through the birth canal.

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Larger babies may increase the risk of needing an assisted vaginal delivery or a C - section as they may experience shoulder dystocia — getting a shoulder stuck behind your pelvic bone during birth.

As nutrition improved, there were fewer women with rickets, which causes bone deformations; many obstructed births in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were caused by abnormal pelvic bones in the mother.

Dines et al. show that the reduced pelvic bones of cetaceans (marine mammals such as whales, porpoises and dolphins) may fall into the latter category.

By contrast, humans, who have a shorter pelvic bone called an ischium (informally known as a «sit bone»), can hyperextend their legs in a way that generates less force on the hamstrings at the knees.

The 4.4 - million - year - old hominin known as Ardi (Ardipithecus ramidus) had pelvic bones oriented in such a way that its hip flexors could extend almost as much those of modern humans, despite having a long, apelike ischium.

As Nesbitt cradles the Teleocrater pelvic bone, he turns to a tall cabinet of wide, shallow drawers.

Dropping the head of the thigh bone into the socket acts as an anchor to weight the base of the leg into the pelvic.

The second action is to elevate or to draw up the pelvic floor from its relaxed position (in this state, it's shaped like a bowl) to a flattened, tighter position, higher within our pelvic outlet (the space bordered by our two sit bones, our pubic bone, and our tail bone, also known as our coccyx), giving better support to bladder, bowel, and uterus.

So it is a good idea to learn your specific size and shape of your pelvic bones than you will be able to use these tools to create as much room as possible for your baby in your pelvic area during your labor and birth.

Begin with a slight pelvic tilt (pubic bone moves toward navel), press feet into the floor, lift hips up to knee height (or as high as your flexibility allows), contract (squeeze) your glutes (butt), hands and arms press into the floor for additional hip height and thoracic / spinal extension.

Together, these abnormal muscles — muscle imbalance — can adversely affect the joint (s) they control, the tendons they're attached to, and other muscles, ligaments, bones, and body areas (such as the pelvic, spine, or head) all over.

Let me begin with a couple of definitions to make sure everyone is clear on some important terms: Your pelvic outlet is the diamond - shaped area, bordered in front by your pubic bone, in back by your tail bone (otherwise known as your coccyx), and on the sides by your two sit bones.

Gluteus maximus (also referred to as the glutes) arises from the large area on the rear of the pelvic bone, passes down behind the hip joint, and attaches onto the upper femur.

Females that do not breed by the age of six to eight months can become pregnant, but they are physically unable to give birth as the pelvic bones fuse by this age.

The ribs, lumbar vertebrae, and pelvic bones, as well as smaller bones are clearly visible.

Some chis acquire the disease through genetics (it is hereditary), while some get it as a result of hip dysplasia, or the continual degeneration of its pelvic bone.

That feat — more specifically, the moment known as «crowning,» when the mother's pelvic bones resemble a crown encircling the baby's head — forms the basis of her new sculpture show at San Francisco's Anthony Meier Fine Arts opening on February 27.