alleryStart learning →The final stage of childbirth, involving delivery of the placenta and associated membranes, is commonly referred to as the:
ACervical dilation stage
BExpulsion stage
CInvolution stage
DAfterbirth
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Afterbirth
1. Childbirth has three defined stages occurring in sequence.
2. The first stage is cervical dilation and the second is expulsion of the newborn.
3. The third and final stage involves delivering the placenta and membranes.
4. This final stage is called the afterbirth, which marks the start of the roughly six-week postpartum period.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 28 "Development and Inheritance", p.1346 §Stages of Childbirth_
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