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Brain death - Lazarus sign. The Lazarus sign or Lazarus reflex is a reflex movement in brain-dead or brainstem failure patients, [1] which causes them to briefly raise their arms and drop them crossed on their chests (in a position similar to some Egyptian mummies).
The sign of the cross is made by touching the hand sequentially to the forehead, lower chest or stomach, and both shoulders, accompanied by the Trinitarian formula: at the forehead "In the name of the Father" (or In nomine Patris in Latin); at the stomach or heart "and of the Son" (et Filii); across the shoulders "and of the Holy Spirit/Ghost ...
Hand-rubbing, rubbing both hands palms together along the fingers' direction may mean that one is expecting or anticipating something or that one feels cold. U.S. servicemen surrendering with raised hands during the Battle of Corregidor. Hands up is a gesture expressing military surrender by lifting both hands. This may have originated with the ...
patient clenches fist over chest when asked to describe pain Lhermitte's sign: Jean Lhermitte: neurology: lesions of cervical cord dorsal columns or caudal medulla, MS, chemotherapy, Behçet's disease: electrical sensation down the back and into limbs with neck flexion or extension Liebermeister's rule: Carl von Liebermeister: internal medicine
Prone position: lying on the chest with the face down ("lying down" or "going prone") Lying on either side, with the body straight or bent/curled forward or backward; Fetal position: is lying or sitting curled, with limbs close to the torso and the head close to the knees
6. Straight-Arm Pull Over. Lie faceup on a bench, grab one dumbbell, and hold it by one end with hands in a “diamond position,” then lift it straight up over chest.
Barrels- Hands and shoulders rounded in front of the body as if hugging a barrel to one's chest. Bellymills- The breaker does not pivot from the back to the head or the arms, but to the chest and abdomen. Handcuffs- Hands held together behind the back. Genies/Coffins- Hands crossed over chest. Confusions- Hands placed over the ears with the ...
Arms crossed right over left (phenotype R) The manner in which a person folds their arms is a dynamic morphological demonstration of two alternative phenotypes . Once adopted, manner of arms folding across the chest does not change throughout the lifetime and persons easily give up the unusual folding position, most commonly at the first attempt.