Medical Terms: Tort, Abduction, and More

Tort A type of civil law that involves wrong against a person or property: torts include negligence, assault, battery, defamation, fraud, false imprisonment, and invasion of privacy Abduction Away from the body Adduction Toward the body Dorsal (recumbent) position in a supine position with the pa...

Tort A type of civil law that involves wrong against a person or property: torts include negligence, assault, battery, defamation, fraud, false imprisonment, and invasion of privacy Abduction Away from the body Adduction Toward the body Dorsal (recumbent) position in a supine position with the patient lying on his back, head and shoulders with extremities moderately flexed; legs are sometimes extended Dorsal Supine Laying flat on the back Dorsiflexion Move the foot so that the toes are pointed upward(they go up and down) Extension Return the arm to a position at the side of the body(up and down) Semi-Fowlers Posture when the head of the bed is raised approximately 30 degrees. Lithotomy patient lies supine with hips and knees flexed and thighs abducted and rotated externally(with your legs up in the air) Pronation movement of the palm of the hand from facing upward to facing doward