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A method of making someone’s heart start beating again by rhythmic pressing on the breastbone. External chest compressions refer to the rhythmic pressure applied to a person’s chest to keep the blood circulating when their heart has stopped beating. This is typically done by repeatedly pressing the lower part of the breastbone with the heels…

A tube in the skull leading from the outer ear to the eardrum. The external auditory meatus, which transmits sound waves to the tympanic membrane.  

On the outside, especially outside the surface of the body. Exterior; the opposite of interior or internal.  

A surgical operation to bring an internal organ to the outside surface of the body. In surgery, the procedure to transfer an organ from its normal place in the body to the skin surface. It may be temporary or permanent. A common example is when the intestine is brought to the abdominal surface as a…

To stretch out, or cause something to stretch out. To straighten a joint such as the knee or elbow by increasing the angle formed by the proximal and distal bones.  

Producing a sharp localised pain or tenderness when touched.  

The look on a person’s face which shows what he or she thinks and feels. The act of pushing something out of the body. Act of forcing something out by pressing or squeezing (e.g., expressing milk from a breast). In genetics, refers to exhibition of one or more traits carried by a gene. A method…

To show something which was hidden. To place something or someone under the influence of something. To open, as in surgically opening the abdominal cavity. To position a trial vegetation in a location where it is anticipated to obtain inoculation via natural mechanisms from an indigenous source, one must carry out inoculation.  

To examine a part of the body in order to make a diagnosis.