Chapter 9 Key Terms Notecards

Question 1

rehabilitation

Answer 1

care that is given by specialists to help restore or improve function after an illness or injury

Question 2

restorative care

Answer 2

care given after rehabilitation to maintain a person’s function, improve his quality of life, and increase his independence

Question 3

ambulation

Answer 3

walking

Question 4

ambulatory

Answer 4

capable of walking

Question 5

adaptive assistive devices

Answer 5

special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform activities of daily living

Question 6

amputation

Answer 6

the surgical removal of some or all of a body part, usually a hand, arm, leg, or foot

Question 7

phantom sensation

Answer 7

warmth, itching, or tingling in a body part that has been amputated

Question 8

phantom limb pain

Answer 8

pain in a limb (or extremity) that has been amputated

Question 9

prosthesis

Answer 9

a device that replaces a body part that is missing or deformed because of an accident, injury, illness, or birth defect; used to improve a person’s ability to function and/or his appearance

Question 10

range of motion (ROM)

Answer 10

exercises that put a joint through its full arc of motion

Question 11

abduction

Answer 11

moving a body part away from the midline of the body

Question 12

adduction

Answer 12

moving a body part toward the midline of the body

Question 13

extension

Answer 13

straightening a body part

Question 14

flexion

Answer 14

bending a body part

Question 15

dorsiflexion

Answer 15

bending backward

Question 16

rotation

Answer 16

turning a joint

Question 17

pronation

Answer 17

turning downward

Question 18

supination

Answer 18

turning upward

Question 19

opposition

Answer 19

touching the thumb to any other finger