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| MOVEMENT OF A JOINT OR BODY PART AWAY FROMT THE BODY. |
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| SEVERE SWELLING AND TISSUE INJURY CAUSED BY CONSTRICTION OF THE BLOOD AND LYMPH. |
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| TISSUE INJURY CAUSED BY CONTINUOUS PRESSURE OVER AN AREA. |
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| OPERATING TABLE ATTACHMENT WHICH BRACES THE PATIENT'S WEIGHT WHEN THE TABLE IS TILTED TOWARD THE FEET. |
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| THE SITTING POSITION, WHICH IS USED FOR CRANIAL, FACIAL, AND SOME RECONSTRUCTIVE BREAST PROCEDURES. |
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| OPERATING TABLE ATTACHMENT USED TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE PERIPHERAL ACCESS TO THE HEAD. |
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| EXTENSION OF A JOINT BEYOND ITS NORMAL ANATOMICAL RANGE. |
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| FLEXION OF A JOINT BEYOND ITS NORMAL ANATOMICAL RANGE. |
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| LOSS OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO A BODY PART EITHER BY COMPRESSION OR AS A RESULT OF A BLOCKAGE IN THE BLOOD VESSELS. |
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| JACKKNIFE (KRASKE) POSITION |
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| A TYPE OF PRONE POSITION IN WHICH THE PATIENT LIES ON THE ABDOMEN WITH THE HIPS FLEXED INTO AN INVERTED V. |
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| THE POSITION IN WHICH THE PATIENT LIES ON HIS OR HER SIDE ON THE OPERATING TABLE OR BED. |
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| THE POSITION USED FOR VAGINAL, PERINEAL, AND OCCASIONALLY RECTAL SURGERY. THE LEGS POSITIONED ON STIRRUPS. |
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| THE POSITION IN WHICH THE FRONT OF THE BODY IS IN CONTACT WITH THE OPERATING TABLE. |
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| THE NORMAL ANATOMICAL MOVEMENT OF AN EXTREMITY. |
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| REVERSE TRENDELBURG POSITION |
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| THE POSITION IN WHICH A PRONE OR SUPINE PATIENT IS TILTED WITH THE FEET DOWN. |
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| A SEMISITTING POSITION, WHICH IS USED FOR SURGERY ON THE NECK AND THYROID. |
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| OPERATING TABLE ATTACHMENT USED TO ELEVATE THE LEGS IN LITHOTOMY POSITION. |
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| THE POSITION IN WHICH THE PATIENT LIES ON THE BACK, FACING UPWARD. |
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| THE HINGED JOINT BETWEEN SECTIONS OF THE OPERATING TABLE THAT CAN BE FLEXED IN ANY DIRECTION. |
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| A NERVE INJURY CAUSED BY STRETCHING OR COMPRESSION OF THE NERVE. |
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| A THIN PLEXIGLAS, FIBERGLASS, OR ROLLER BOARD THAT IS PLACED UNDER THE PATIENT TO MOVE THE PERSON FROM THE OPERATING TABLE TO THE STRETCHER OR BED. |
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| THE POSITION IN WHICH A PRONE OR SUPINE PATIENT IS TILTED WITH THE HEAD DOWN. |
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