Morphofenotypes of constitution in obstetrics

The constitution of human and its morphological expression - somatotype is a determining factor in many physical and mental manifestations of human life. Constitution - a combination of morphological and functional characteristics of the organism, formed on the basis of inherited and acquired characteristics of an organism (B.A. Nikityuk, 1991, 2000). Morphofenotype constitution (somatotype, somatic type, somatotype) is the most accessible to study, relatively stable during ontogenesis and genetically determined characteristic of the integrity of the organism. Recently, our country has received widespread use method of determining somatotype R.N. Dorokhov (1985, 1991). So do not lose their relevance research somatotype characteristics of man, which significantly affects, in the future, to pregnancy and childbirth. The purpose of this study was to study the characteristics of pregnancy in women with different somatotypes.

somatotype, constitution type, morphophenotype