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Prosthetics, the artificial replacement of organic limbs or organs, often play a role in fiction, particularly science fiction, as either plot points or to give a character a beyond normal appearance. Numerous works of literature, television, and films feature characters who have prosthetics attached. Prosthetics are used, in a narrative sense ...
Uses metal prosthetic arms. [52] [53] [54] 2010 Finn the Human: Jeremy Shada: Adventure Time: Beginning in Season 6, he has a robotic, prosthetic arm, and previously a grass sword coming from his arm. [55] 2010 Gobber the Belch Craig Ferguson: How to Train Your Dragon: Has a prosthetic left arm and right leg [56] [57] 2011 Martin Goodman Paul ...
Picture book. ABC Let's Celebrate You and Me [20] Sugar Snap Studio. Features several characters with limb differences, including a boy with a prosthetic right leg, a boy with a prosthetic left leg, a boy with two short fingers on his left hand, and a girl without a left hand. 2021.
In medicine, a prosthesis (pl.: prostheses; from Ancient Greek: πρόσθεσις, romanized: prósthesis, lit. 'addition, application, attachment'), [1] or a prosthetic implant, [2] [3] is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through physical trauma, disease, or a condition present at birth (congenital disorder).
Brain–computer interface. A brain–computer interface (BCI), sometimes called a brain–machine interface (BMI), is a direct communication link between the brain 's electrical activity and an external device, most commonly a computer or robotic limb. BCIs are often directed at researching, mapping, assisting, augmenting, or repairing human ...
Orthopedic implant example seen with X-ray. An orthopedic implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing joint or bone, or to support a damaged bone. [1] The medical implant is mainly fabricated using stainless steel and titanium alloys for strength and the plastic coating that is done on it acts as an artificial cartilage. [2]
In linguistics, prothesis (/ ˈ p r ɒ θ ɪ s ɪ s /; from post-classical Latin [1] based on Ancient Greek: πρόθεσις próthesis 'placing before'), [2] [3] or less commonly [4] prosthesis (from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις prósthesis 'addition') [5] [6] is the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure.
Neuroprosthetics. Neuroprosthetics (also called neural prosthetics) is a discipline related to neuroscience and biomedical engineering concerned with developing neural prostheses. They are sometimes contrasted with a brain–computer interface, which connects the brain to a computer rather than a device meant to replace missing biological ...