| palmar flexion | Turning the hand or fingers toward the palmar surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| paraplegia in flexion | The fixation of the paralysed legs in a flexed posture; usually in transection of the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plantar flexion | Turning the foot or toes toward the plantar surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hip-flexion phenomenon | When a hemiplegic attempts to rise from a lying posture, the hip on the paralysed side is flexed first; the same movement takes place on lying down. (05 Mar 2000) |
| digital flexion crease | One of the grooves on the palmar surface of a finger, at the level of an interphalangeal joint. Synonym: digital flexion crease, digital furrow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flexion | <gynaecology> A displacement of the uterus in which the organ is bent so far forward or backward that an acute angle forms between the fundus and the cervix. Origin: L. Flexio (18 Nov 1997) |
| flexion crease | A permanent crease in the skin on the flexor aspect of a movable joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radial collateral ligament of wrist | The ligament that extends distally from the styloid process of the radius to the carpal bones. Synonym: ligamentum collaterale carpi radiale, external collateral ligament of wrist, lateral ligament of wrist. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radial eminence of wrist | A rather large flat eminence on the radial side of the palmar aspect of the wrist, due to the tuberosity of scaphoid and the ridge on the trapezium. Synonym: eminentia carpi radialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radial flexor muscle of wrist | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, common flexor origin of the medial condyle of humerus; insertion, anterior surface of the base of the second and most often sending a slip to that of the third metacarpal bone; action, flexes and abducts wrist radialward; nerve supply, median; its tendon travels in its own canal roofed by a layer of the transverse carpal ligament. Synonym: musculus flexor carpi radialis, radial flexor muscle of wrist. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiate ligament of wrist | The ligament that extends from the capitate bone to the scaphoid, lunate, and triquetrum on the palmar side of the wrist. Synonym: ligamentum carpi radiatum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial ligament of wrist | A ligament that passes from the styloid process of the ulna to the pisiform and triquetrum. Synonym: ligamentum collaterale carpi ulnare, internal collateral ligament of the wrist, medial ligament of wrist. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wrist | 1. <anatomy> The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus. "He took me by the wrist, and held me hard." (Shak) 2. <machinery> A stud or pin which forms a journal; also called wrist pin. Bridle wrist, the wrist of the left hand, in which a horseman holds the bridle. Wrist clonus. [NL. Clonus, fr. Gr. See Clonic. <medicine> A swinging plate bearing two or more wrists, for operating the valves. Origin: OE. Wriste, wrist, AS. Wrist; akin to OFries. Wriust, LG. Wrist, G. Rist wrist, instep, Icel. Rist instep, Dan. & Sw. Vrist, and perhaps to E. Writhe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wrist clonus | Rhythmical contractions and relaxations of the muscles of the forearm excited by a forcible passive extension of the hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wrist clonus reflex | Sudden extension of the wrist induces a sustained clonic movement. (05 Mar 2000) |