See Also: vertex presentation(medicine)
presentation, vertex(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
vertex(dictionary)
vertex(dictionary)
vertex(medicine)
vertex cordis(medicine)
vertex of cornea(medicine)
delivery, vertex(medicine)
vertex corneae(medicine)

presentation, vertex (medicine)


presentation, vertex


In a vertex presentation, the top of the baby's head comes first at delivery. The vertex here refers specifically to the top of the head the word vertex in latin means a whirlpool, whirlwind, top of the mountain, or the top of the head. Why top of the head ? because the hairs on the top of the head often form a whorl, a whirl-like pattern.