Human Positions - Medical Positions

Medical Positions

The following positions are specifically used in medicine:

  • anatomical position
  • Bozeman's position
  • decubitus position
  • Fowler's position
  • knee-chest position
  • knee-elbow position
  • lithotomy position
  • Mayer position
  • Rose's position
  • semi-Fowler position
  • Sims position
  • Trendelenburg position
  • verticosubmental position
  • Waters' position

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