lithotomy position

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lithotomy position - a position lying on your back with knees bent and thighs apart; assumed for vaginal or rectal examination

posture, attitude, position - the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

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In anterior presentation fetus was dead, dorsosacral position with extreme left deviation of fetal head and neck and extended forelimbs.

Ventrosacral position of foetus in four (33.33%) cows; whereas, dorsosacral position in eight (66.67%) cows was recorded.

3) The calf must always have the top of its body toward the top of the mother (dorsosacral position).