sinciput
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
sinciput (plural sincipita)
- (chiefly, anatomy) The front part of the head or skull (as contradistinct from occiput).
- Synonyms: bregma
- Antonyms: occiput
- 1964, International Abstracts of Surgery, Volume 119, [http://books.google.com/books?id=I9MhAQAAMAAJ&q=%22sinciput%7Csinciputs%22+-intitle:%22%22&dq=%22sinciput%7Csinciputs%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=w9WeTqGcLc6rsALm8LzuCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwADh4 page 629],
- The cranial anomalies occurred either in the occiput or the sinciput, approximately twice as often in the occiput as in the sinciput.
- Such lesions have been considered to be inoperable when they involved the sinciput.
- 1997, Robert K. Creasy, Management of Labor and Delivery, [http://books.google.com/books?id=YyAgYjRZhWEC&pg=PA375&dq=%22sinciput%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=586eTtDKC5GOsAKGiqnICQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=%22sinciput%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false page 375],
- Between these two extremes lie the sinciput presentation and the brow presentation. Thus there are four distinct attitudes: vertex, sinciput, brow, and face (Figure 15-7).
- 2003, Sara Wickham, Midwifery: Best Practice, Volume 1, [http://books.google.com/books?id=PvRo4rJ1UEUC&pg=PA79&dq=%22sinciput%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=YsqeTvLbCIetsAKdrpD-CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22sinciput%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false page 79],
- I learnt to develop a ‘feel’ for the sinciput and the occiput as these landmarks feel different abdominally, and also their ‘whereabouts’ in relationship to the pelvic brim. Therefore, when descent and flexion were taking place, I learnt to ascertain how the positions of the sinciput and occiput would change in relationship to each other and in relationship to the pelvic brim.
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