9 - Assessment Technique

Question 1

Inspection

Answer 1

concentration watching.

The close, careful scrutiny, first of the individual patient as a whole then of each body system

Question 2

Palpation

Answer 2

apply sense of touch to access texture, temperature, moisture and organ location/size as well as any swelling, vibration or pulsation, righty/spasticity, crepitation, presence of lumps/masses, tenderness or pain

Question 3

Percussion

Answer 3

tapping the persons skin with short sharp strokes to assess underlying structures . Yields palpable vibration and characteristics sounds that depicts the location, size and density of the underlying organ

Question 4

Amplitude

Answer 4

intensity loudness or softness of a sound

Question 5

Quality

Answer 5

timbre subjective difference in a sounds distinctive overtones

Question 6

Pitch

Answer 6

frequency number of vibrations per second

Question 7

Auscultation

Answer 7

listening to sounds proceeded by parts o the body such as heart, blood vessels, lungs and abdomen

Question 8

Stethoscope Diaphragm

Answer 8

flat edge is best for hearing high pitch sounds: breath, bowl, normal heart heart sounds

Question 9

Stethoscope Bell

Answer 9

deep hollow cup like shape. best for soft low pitched sounds like extra heart sounds or murmurs

Question 10

Stethoscope

Answer 10

does not magnify sound but blocks out extraneous room sounds

Question 11

Ophthalmoscope

Answer 11

illuminates the internal eye structures. Can visualize through the pupil to fundus of eye

Question 12

Crepitation

Answer 12

crackling or rattiling sound

Question 13

Otoscope

Answer 13

Funnels light into ear canal and onto tympanic membrane