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movement of joints
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delivery of child
- In birth: Fetal presentation and passage through the birth canal
Thus, as extension (bending of the head backward) takes the place of flexion, the occiput, brow, eye sockets, nose, mouth, and chin pass successively through the external opening of the lower birth canal and are born (see extension in the figure).
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