| pelvic presentation | Presentation of any part of the pelvic extremity of the foetus, the nates, knees, or feet; more properly only of the nates; frank breech presentation occurs when the foetus presents by the pelvic extremity; the thighs may be flexed and the legs extended over the anterior surfaces of the body; in (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pelvic promontory | The most prominent anterior projection of the base of the sacrum. Synonym: pelvic promontory, promontorium ossis sacri, promontory of the sacrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic splanchnic nerves | Visceral branches from the ventral primary rami of the second, third, and fourth sacral spinal nerves that join the inferior hypogastric plexus, to form the pelvic plexuses to and from which they convey presynaptic parasympathetic and sensory fibres, respectively. Synonym: nervi pelvici splanchnici, nervi erigentes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic surface of sacrum | The surface of the sacrum that faces downward and forward forming part of the posterior wall of the pelvic cavity. Synonym: facies pelvina ossis sacri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic version | Version by means of which a transverse or oblique presentation is converted into a pelvic presentation by manipulating the buttocks of the foetus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvicephalography | Synonym: cephalopelvimetry. Origin: pelvi-+ G. Kephale, head, + grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvicephalometry | Measurement of the female pelvic diameters in relation to those of the foetal head. Origin: pelvi-+ G. Kephale, head, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |