Functional Mobility Flashcards
from the front to the rear
anteroposterior
bariatric
field of medicine concerned with weight loss or that deals with causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity.
contralateral
on the other or opposite side
exacerbation
an increase in the severity of disease of any of its symptoms; making worse
graft
any tissue or organ for transplantation or implantation
hemiplegia
paralysis on one side
ipsilateral
on the same side; homolateral
lateral
away from midline
medial
toward midline
osteoporosis
loss of bone mass
paralysis
loss of voluntary movement in a muscle through injury or disease of its nerve supply
paresis
partial or incomplete paralysis
plinth
padded table to pt.
syncope
a temporary suspension of consciousness as a result of cerebral anemia; fainting by fall of BP
vertigo
a sensation of rotation or movement of ones self or ones surroundings