Category: M

Research concerned with any phase of medical science.  

Surgical placement of a muscle to another attachment point to enhance function.  

A low-calorie snack or drink taken in place of breakfast, lunch, or dinner, often as part of a weight-loss regimen.  

The manipulation of soft tissue to facilitate improved posture and range of motion and to decrease pain.  

A reflex involving only two neurons, an afferent and an efferent.  

Opposition and adduction of the thumb, flexion at the metacarpophalangeal joint, and extension at the interphalangeal joint in response to downward pressure on the index finger.  

Autonomic dysfunction that may occur as a late consequence of transection of the spinal cord. It is marked by episodes of sweating, bradycardia, hypotension, urinary incontinence, and muscular spasms of the legs.  

Clonic movement resulting from percussing or stroking the lower jaw.  

In decerebrate rigidity, extension of the limbs on the side to which the chin is turned by rotating the head. There is flexion of the limbs on the opposite side.  

A file maintained on hospital units that documents the schedule and dosing of medications given to patients.