What Is a Mentoanterior Position?

[ mĕn′tō-ăn-tîr′ē-ər ] n. A cephalic presentation of the fetus with the chin pointing to either the right or left front quarter of the mother's pelvis.

What is Mento anterior position?

Mento-anterior are more common than mento-posterior as most cases arise from more deflexion of the head in occipito-posterior position usually in flat contracted pelvis. ... The chin may be felt on the same side of the limbs as a horseshoe-shaped rim in mento-anterior position.

What mentum means?

: a median plate of the labium of an insect.