Prosthesis

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A United States Army soldier plays foosball with two prosthetic arms

Jon Comer, professional skateboarder with a prosthetic leg.

In medicine, a prosthesis is an artificial extension that replaces a missing body part. Prostheses are typically used to replace parts lost by injury (traumatic) or missing from birth (congenital) or to supplement defective body parts.

Types

• Artificial limbs
• Cochlear implants
• Corrective lenses
• Hair prosthesis
• Facial prosthetics
• Maxillofacial prosthetics
• Neuroprosthetics
• Ocular prosthetics
• Replacement joints (eg hips)
• Somato prosthetics
• Surgical prosthetics
• Transtibial prosthesis

See also

• Orthosis
• Prosthetics in fiction
• Bionics

External links

• [Prosthetics History]
• [Knee Replacement Surgery]
• [Never Been Done] - Documentary about an athlete with a prosthetic leg

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