Terms Related to Weightlessness Countermeasure

• Fluid Shifts

  Translocation of body fluids. Shifts from the lower body to the upper part of the body occur under conditions of actual and simulated weightlessness and …

• Pathologic Bone Demineralization

  Decrease, loss, or removal of the mineral constituents of bones. Temporary loss of bone mineral content is especially associated with space flight, weightlessness, and extended …

• Weightlessness

  Condition in which no acceleration, whether due to gravity or any other force, can be detected by an observer within a system. It also means …

• Hindlimb Unloading

  Technique for limiting use, activity, or movement by immobilizing or restraining animal by suspending from hindlimbs or tails. This immobilization is used to simulate some …