must be contacted by the staff in the operating room so that the patientâs post-operative. recovery in a single room either in Variety Ward or ICU can be arranged. 6 Protective Isolation. Protective Isolation is designed to protect patients who are severely immunocompromised.
The thumb is the first digit of the hand. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outermost digit. The Medical Latin English noun for thumb is pollex (compare hallux for big toe), and the corresponding adjective for thumb is pollical.
Etymology: AS, fingar. any of the digits of the hand. The fingers are composed of three bony phalanges. Some anatomists regard the thumb as a finger, since its metacarpal bone ossifies in the same way as a phalanx. Other anatomists regard the thumb as being composed of a metacarpal bone and two phalanges.