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19 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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Semi fowlers |
30° |
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Atrophy |
Wasting or decrease in size of an organ or tissue |
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Extension |
Increasing the angle of a joint |
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Flaccid |
Defective or absent muscle tone |
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Circumduction |
Moving in a circular fashion |
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Internal rotation |
Turning toward the midline |
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Flexion |
Decrease angle |
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Dorsal recumbent |
Position which the patient lays on their back with the lower extremities moderaly flexed and rotated outward |
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External rotation |
Turning away from the midline |
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Fowlers |
45-60° |
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Lithotomy |
Patient lies on their back, legs flexed on thighs, thighs flexed on abdomen and abducted |
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Orthopneic |
Leans over and is supported over the bed table |
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Abduction |
Movement away from the midline |
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Adduction |
Movement toward the midline |
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Sims |
Patient on their side, enema position |
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Prone |
Face downward |
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Supine |
On the spine |
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Pronation |
Palm downward |
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Supination |
Palm upward |
