Position and Draping Flashcards
Movement away from an axis or from the median plane of the body; movement of a body part away from the middle of the body
Abduction
Movement toward an axis or toward the median plane of the body; movement of a body part toward the middle of the body.
Adduction
To become pale.
Blanch
Pertaining to or affected with coma; a state of unconsciousness
Comatose
Shortening or tightening of the skin, muscle, fascia, or joint capsule that prevents normal
movement or flexibility of the involved structure
Contracture
Movement that increases or straightens the angle between two adjoining body parts or bones.
Extension
Outward turning or pivoting around an axis.
External rotation (lateral)
Movement that decreases the angle between two adjoining body parts or bones.
Flexion
Extension of a limb or part beyond the normal limit; overextension of a limb or part
Hyperextension
Inward turning or pivoting around an axis
Internal rotation (medial)
Deficiency of blood in a part of the body from functional constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel.
Ischemia
The protuberance of the ischium; the inferior, distal portion of the pelvis
Ischial tuberosity
The softening of a solid by soaking.
Maceration
Morphological changes indicative of cell death.
Necrosis
The protuberance of the occipital bone; the posterior area of the skull
Occipital tuberosity
The pelvic floor and associated structures occupying the pelvic outlet.
Perineum
Lying face downward on the ventral (front) surface of the body; lying on the abdomen and chest
Prone
Medication used to control behavior or restrict the patient’s freedom of movement that is not a standard treatment for the patient’s medical or psychiatric condition.
Restraint (drug)
Any manual method, physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment that immobilizes or reduces the ability of a patient to move his or her arms, legs, body, or head freely.
Restraint (physical)
The position of the upper extremities when they are abducted to 90 degrees and externally rotated at the shoulders, with the elbows flexed to 90 degrees.
Reverse T position
The involuntary confinement of a person in a room or area where the person is physically
prevented from leaving.
Seclusion
An applied force that tends to cause an opposite, but parallel, sliding motion of the planes of
an object; to subject to a shear force
Shear
The position of the upper extremities when they are abducted to 90 degrees and internally rotated at the shoulders, with the elbows flexed to 90 degrees
T position
Lying with the face upward or on the dorsal (back) surface of the body; lying on the back.
Supine
