Birth MRI Movie

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Labor stage 2 Birth Presentation - vertex (head or cephalic) in an occipito-anterior (occiput is back of the head) position. Fetal Head - within the pelvis birth canal, and lying between the maternal pubic symphysis (anterior) and the sacrum (posterior). Uterine contractions - push the fetal head into birth canal. Above fetal head - (white region) amniotic sac initially not ruptured, ruptures towards end of movie. Behind fetal neck - (white region) maternal urinary bladder. Birth MRI Links: Quicktime | Quicktime version | Flash version | MRI image labeled | MRI image unlabeled | Birth | Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Reference

<pubmed>22425409</pubmed>| Am J Obstet Gynecol.

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