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Tummy Tuck Glossary

The following definitions have been added to michellehardawaymd.com in order to help you better understand our procedures and treatments. Please contact us today you have any questions and/or to schedule you confidential consultation.

Abdominoplasty: Plastic surgery repair of the muscles of the abdominal wall.

Fat:

Adipose tissue: a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"

Skin:

A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"

Tightening: The act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls"

Muscles:

Muscle is a contractile form of tissue. It is one of the four major tissue types, the other three being epithelium, connective tissue and nervous tissue. Muscle contraction is used to move parts of the body, as well as to move substances within the body

Abdominal:

Muscle is a contractile form of tissue. It is one of the four major tissue types, the other three being epithelium, connective tissue and nervous tissue. Muscle contraction is used to move parts of the body, as well as to move substances within the body

Candidates:

Surgery: The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures

Overhanging:

The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

Elasticity:

The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap"

Surgery:

The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures

Preoperative:barred: firmly fastened or secured against opening

Local:

Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area; "local taxes"; "local authorities"

General:

Applying to all or most members of a category or group

Anesthesia:

The prevention of pain. General anesthesia puts the patient to sleep. Local anesthesia numbs a specific body part. Regional anesthesia, such as spinal anesthesia and epidural anesthesia, numbs the nerves that conduct sensation to a circumscribed body area

Out-Patient:

A patient who visits a health care facility for diagnosis or treatment without spending the night. Sometimes called a day patient.

Incision: A cut made in the body to perform surgery

Bone: Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

Cartilage:

Rubbery, fibrous, dense connective tissue- harder than ligaments, softer than bone. Cartilage usually is found between bones and permits smooth movement of joints. The most frequent and significant cartilage injury associated with athletic is damage to the crescent-shaped cartilage in the knee (meniscus).

Splint:

A rigid support made from metal, plaster or plastic and used to immobilize an injured or inflamed part of the body.

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