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Front 1

Activities of daily living (ADLs)

Back 1

Everyday routines generally involving functional mobility and personal care, such as bathing, dressing, toileting, and meal preparation. An inability to perform these renders one dependent on others, resulting in a self-care deficit. A major goal of occupational therapy is to enable the client to perform activities of daily living.

Front 2

Activity tolerance

Back 2

The type and amount of exercise a patient may be able to perform without undue exertion or possible injury.

Front 3

Antagonistic muscles

Back 3

Two or more muscles that produce opposite movements (function), the contraction of one having the potential, in theory, to "neutralize" that of the other; however, in so doing, they are frequently acting as synergists in fixing the moving part.

Front 4

Antigravity muscles

Back 4

The muscles that maintain the posture characteristic of a given animal species. In most mammals and especially in bipeds, they are the extensor muscles.

Front 5

Cartilage

Back 5

A specialized, fibrous connective tissue present in adults, and forming most of the temporary skeleton in the embryo, providing a model in which most of the bones develop, and constituting an important part of the organism's growth mechanism; the three most important types are hyaline cartilage, elastic cartilage, and fibrocartilage

Front 6

Cartilaginous joints

Back 6

The site of the junction or union of two or more bones of the body; its primary function is to provide motion and flexibility to the frame of the body. Center of gravity- the midpoint or center of the weight of a body or object. In the standing adult human the center of gravity is in the midpelvic cavity, between the symphysis pubis and the umbilicus.

Front 7

Crutch gait

Back 7

Alternately bearing weight on one or both legs and on the crutches.

Front 8

Exercise

Back 8

Physical activity

Front 9

Fibrous joints

Back 9

Fit closely together and are fixed, permitting little, if any, movement.

Front 10

Footboards

Back 10

A device placed at the foot of the bed in such a way that the feet rest firmly against it and are at right angles to the legs. It is used to relieve the weight of the bedclothes and to maintain proper positioning of the feet while a patient is confined to bed.

Front 11

Friction

Back 11

The act of rubbing.

Front 12

Gait

Back 12

Manner or style of walking, including rhythm, cadence, and speed.

Front 13

Hemiparesis

Back 13

Decreased sensation caused by a stroke.

Front 14

Hemiplegia

Back 14

Paralysis of one side of the body, caused by cerebral hemorrhage to one side of the brain permanently damaging the opposite side’s motor strip.

Front 15

Isometric contraction

Back 15

Muscle contraction and change in muscle length. Walking, swimming, dance, aerobics, jogging, bicycling, and moving arms and legs with light resistance.

Front 16

Joint

Back 16

Connection between bones

Front 17

Ligaments

Back 17

White, shiny, flexible bands of fibrous tissue that bind joints and connect bones and cartilage. Elastic and aid joint flexibility.

Front 18

Mobility

Back 18

The ability to move in one's environment with ease and without restriction.

Front 19

Muscle tone

Back 19

Normal state of balanced muscle tension.

Front 20

Posture

Back 20

It is usually considered to be the natural and comfortable bearing of the body in normal, healthy persons. An attitude of the body.

Front 21

Proprioception

Back 21

Awareness of the position of the body and its parts.

Front 22

Range of motion (ROM)

Back 22

Mobility, the extent of movement of a joint, measured in degrees of a circle.

Front 23

Synergistic muscles

Back 23

Groups of muscles that contract together to accomplish the same body movement.

Front 24

Synovial joints

Back 24

True joint, freely moveable and the most mobile, numerous, and anatomically complex body joints.

Front 25

Tendons

Back 25

White, glistening, fibrous bands of tissue that connect muscle to bones.