Chapter 5: Positioning And Draping

Front 1

Abduction

Back 1

Movement away from an axis or from the median plane of the body; movement of a body part away from the body.

Front 2

Adduction

Back 2

Movement toward an axis or toward the median plane of the body; movement of the body part toward the midline of the body.

Front 3

Blanch

Back 3

To become pale

Front 4

Comatose

Back 4

Pertaining to or affected with coma; a state of unconsciousness

Front 5

Contracture

Back 5

Shortening or tightening of the skin, muscle, fascia, or joint capsule that prevents normal movement or flexibility of the involved structured.

Front 6

Extension

Back 6

Movement that increases or straightens the angle between two adjoining body parts or bones.

Front 7

External rotation (lateral)

Back 7

Outward turning or pivoting around an axis

Front 8

Flexion

Back 8

Movement that decreases the angle between two adjoining body parts or bones

Front 9

Hyperextension

Back 9

Extension of a limb or part beyond the normal limit;overextension of a limb or part

Front 10

Internal rotation (medial)

Back 10

Inward turning or pivoting around an axis

Front 11

Ischemia

Back 11

Deficiency or blood in a part of a body from functional constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel.

Front 12

Ischial tuberosity

Back 12

The protuberance of the ischium; the inferior distal portion of the pelvis

Front 13

Maceration

Back 13

The softening of a solid by soaking

Front 14

Necrosis

Back 14

Morphological changes indicate of cell death

Front 15

Occipital Tuberosity

Back 15

The protuberance of the occipital bone, the posterior area of the skull

Front 16

Perineum

Back 16

The pelvic floor and associated structures occupying the pelvic outlet

Front 17

Prone

Back 17

Lying face downward on the ventral (front) surface of the body; lying on the abdomen and chest

Front 18

Restraint (drug)

Back 18

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

Front 19

Reverse T position

Back 19

The position of the upper extremities when they are abducted to 90 degrees and externally rotated at the shoulders, with the elbows flexed at 90 degrees

Front 20

Seclusion

Back 20

The involuntary confinement of a person in a room or area where the person is physically prevented from leaving

Front 21

Shear

Back 21

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

Front 22

Spasticity

Back 22

Continuous resistance to stretching by a muscle because of abnormally increased tension.

Front 23

Supine

Back 23

Lying with the face upward or on the dorsal (back) surface of the body; lying on the back

Front 24

T position

Back 24

The position of the upper extremities when when they are abducted to 90 degrees and internally rotated at the shoulders, with the elbows flexed to 90 degrees.