Physiotherapy Flashcards
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The cranium / the skull
Le crâne
The zygomatic bone / the cheek bone
L’os zygomatique / la pommette
The scapula / the shoulder blade
L’omoplate
A rib
Une côte
The thoracic cage / the rib cage
La cage thoracique
The sternum / the breast bone
Le sternum
The pelvis
Le bassin
The humerus / the funny bone
L’humérus
The ulna
L’ulna / le cubitus
The radius
Le radius
The femur / the thigh bone
Le fémur
The tibia / the shin bone
Le tibia
The fibula / the calf bone
La fibula / le péroné
The calcaneus / the heel bone
Le calcanéum
A sprained knee
Une entorse / foulure du genou
A pulled muscle
Une élongation musculaire
A torn muscle / ligament
Une déchirure musculaire / ligamentaire
An X-ray (plate)
Une radio ( un cliché radiographique)
Massage
Massage / masser
Chiropratic
Chiropratique
Osteopathy
Ostéopathie
Occupational therapy
Ergothérapie
acute (adj)
(of a disease or its symptoms) severe but of short duration
dislocated shoulder (n)
when the head of the humerus is out of the shoulder joint
drip (c.n)
a piece of medical equipment by which a liquid is slowly passed through a tube into a patient’s blood
fall (n)
an act of falling or collapsing
numbness (n)
the state of being numb, of lacking sensation
occupational therapy (u.n)
a method of helping people who have been ill or injured to develop skills or get skills back by giving them certain activities to do
overstretch (v)
make excessive demands on
physiotherapist (n)
a person qualified to treat disease, injury, or deformity by physical methods such as massage, heat treatment, and exercise
pins and needles (p.n)
treated as singular A tingling sensation in a limb recovering from numbness
plaster (c.n)
a plaster is a trip of sticky material used for covering small cus or sores on your body
pull a muscle (v)
if you pull a muscle, you injure it by straining it
range (n)
a set of different things of the same type
rehabilitate
restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness
rehabilitation (n)
the act or process of rehabilitating / the treatment of physical disabilities by massage, electrotherapy, or exercises
scarf (c.n)
a scarf is a piece of cloth that you wear round you neck or head, usually to keep yourself warn
sling (n)
a bandage or soft strap looped round the neck to support an injured arm
socket (n)
a hollow curved area that sth fits into
subluxation (n)
partial dislocation
tackle (n)
to try to take the ball from a player in the other team or to do this by taking hold of the player and making them fall
to sprain (v)
if you sprain a joint such as your ankle or wrist, you accidentally damage it by twisting it or bending it violently
to lift (v)
to raise to a higher position
underlying (n)
real but not immediately obvious
unstable
- likely to give; not stable
2. likely to change or fail; not firmly established
X-rzy
a photographic or digital image of the internal composition of something, especially a part of the body.
