Category: F

The facial appearance classically described in those dying from long-continued illness or from cholera. The cheeks and temples are hollow, the eyes sunken, the complexion leaden, and the lips relaxed.  

In coma, contraction of facial muscles following pressure on the eyeball.  

Surgical removal of the articular facet of a vertebra.  

Fibrocartilage or bone that sometimes develops in the head of the gastrocnemius muscle.  

A congenital anomaly resulting from failure of the fetal eyelids to separate.  

In strabismus, the eye that is directed toward the object of vision.  

An exercise carried through with no external assistance.  

An exercise designed to increase joint range of motion and extensibility of muscle.  

In emergency medicine, a combination of appropriate questions (i.e., sample, History, and OPQRST) and physical examination directed to the specific body system (i.e., cardiopulmonary, neurological, musculoskeletal) that an EMS provider suspects may be causing a patient’s presenting problem. The assessment is conducted after the initial assessment has been completed and differs for medical or trauma…

Items trapped in the esophagus (typically fishbones, coins, or large unchewed pieces of food). Parenteral glucagon may help the material pass through the esophageal sphincter to the stomach, but endoscopic retrieval of the material is usually necessary.