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| Stretch marks occurring in skin from obesity, pregnancy and ascites. |
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| movement of the limb away from the midline or median plane of the body |
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| A person can initiate and perform exercises in which each joint moves through its complete range of motion |
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| Movement of a body part toward the median plane (of the body, in the case of limbs; of the hand or foot, in the case of digits). |
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| An impaired ability to coordinate movements, often characterized by a staggering gait or postural imbalance. |
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| translucent, dry, paper like sometimes-wrinkled skin surface resulting from thinning or wasting of the skin due to loss of collagen and elastic. |
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| thickening and inflammation of the bursa of the joint of the great toe. There is lateral displacement of the toe with marked enlargement of the joint |
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| compression of the median nerve in the wrist |
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| he circular movement of a limb |
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| Client is completely unresponsive to incoming stimuli |
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| : Nerves that emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. Cranial nerves come directly from the brain through the skull |
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| grating, feeling and pain that accompany problems with the temporal mandibular joint |
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| for the musculoskeletal system, this is the movement in which the elevated part is moved downward to its original position |
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| An instrument that removes an area of skin innervated by the cutaneous branch of one spinal nerve |
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| A displacement of of the bone from its usual anatomical location |
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| Distant from the point of origin. Example-- The wrist is distal from the elbow. |
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| A nursing intervention. Purposeful focus of attention away from undesirable sensations. |
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| lifting or moving superiorly along the frontal plane |
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| A turning outward or inside out; as of the eyelid or turning the foot outward at the ankle |
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| The act of bringing the distal portion of a joint in continuity (although only parallel) with the long axis of the proximal portion |
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| Weak, soft, and flabby; lacking normal muscle tone, such as flaccid muscles. |
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| bending movement that decreases the angle of the joint and brings the articulating bones closer together. |
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| standardized assessment tool used when serial assessments are done for high-risk clients (e.g., brain tumor, after brain surgery, after a cerebral vascular accident). |
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| Extension of a limb or part beyond the normal limit |
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| is the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants. |
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| Rhythmic, repetitive movement that worsens during voluntary movements |
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| : the turning inward of a part |
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| an exaggerated thoracic dorsal curve that causes asymmetry between the sides of the posterior thorax |
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| (1) on the side(2) farthest from the midsagittal plane(3) a radiological projection made with the film in the sagittal plane; the second view of the chest series |
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| a tough band of tissue that serves to connect the articular extremities of bones or to support or retain an organ in place and is usually composed of coarse bundles of dense white fibrous tissue parallel or closely interlaced, pliant, and flexible, but not extensible |
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| exaggerated lumbar curve, compensates for pregnancy, obesity |
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| Torward the midline of an organ or median plane of the body. |
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| The movement of touching the thumb to the tips of the other fingers of the same hand. |
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| caused by the breakdown of cartilage aka degenerative arthritis |
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| Porous bones; occurs when bones lose an excessive amount of protein and mineral content, particulary calcium |
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| Loss of power of voluntary movement in a muscle through injury or disease of it or its nerve supply |
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| Motor weakness or partial paralysis related in some cases to local neuritis. |
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| – range of motion exercises that are done for a client with the help of someone else. |
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| damage to the nerves of the peripheral nervous system. |
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| is an anatomical term to describe a rotation movement; palms down |
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| Anterior (forward) movement of an anatomical body part |
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| situated next to or near the point of attachment or origin or a central point the proximal was…better than the peripheral stump for a graft |
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| the neural pathway that mediates a reflex action |
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| a course, rhythmic tremor, 3-5 Hz frequency, usually confined to hands and forearms, which appears when the limbs are relaxed and disappears with the active limb movements; characteristic of Parkinson disease |
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| A nonangular posterior movement in a transverse plane |
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| inflammation of the synovium of the joints. From autoimmunity, causes pain, swelling and loss of function. |
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| Turning or moving a bone around its own axis. |
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| Lateral curvature of a portion of the spine |
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| sudden and rapid physical manifestations resulting fron excessive discharges of electrical energy in the brain |
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| Sudden, involuntary increase in muscle tone or contractions due to central nervous sytem lesions |
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| the nerves emerging from the spinal cord; there are 31 pairs, each arising from the cord by rootlets that converge to form two roots, anterior (ventral or motor) and posterior (dorsal or sensory); the latter type is provided with a circumscribed enlargement, the spinal (dorsal root) ganglion; the two roots unite in the intervertebral foramen, and the mixed spinal nerve almost immediately divides again into anterior and posterior (primary) rami, the former supplying the anterolateral trunk and the limbs, the latter the true muscles and overlying skin of the back. |
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| A traumatic injury to the tendons, muscles or ligaments around a joint, characterized by pain, swelling, and discoloration of the skin over the joint. |
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| partial dislocation of bones in a joint such as the head of radius, which may occur when child is dangled by his or her hands. |
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| movement of the forearm so that the palm faces up, anteriorly or superiorly |
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| To injure by overuse or improper use (usually refers to a muscle tear). |
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| is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone and is built to withstand tension. |
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| Used to detect irritated nerves; involves lightly tapping (percussing) over a nerve to elicit a sensation of tingling over the distribution of the nerve (carpal-tunnel syndrome) |
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| Any abnormal repetitive shaking movement of the body. |
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| Assessment, Problem, Intervention, and Evaluation. When using this method documentation of assessment includes combining subjective data and objective data. The nurse will draw conclusions from the data, identify and record the problems, and plan to address these problems. Interventions are documented as they are carried out. Evaluations refer to documentation of the response to the plan. Pg 7 health and physical assessment book |
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