chapter 30 vocab Flashcards
inspection
visual examination
palpation
touch
percussion
strike body to elicit sound
pleximeter
indirect percussion, finger taps finger
flatness
extemely dull sound produced by dense tissue
plexor
tip of flexed middle finger
dullness
thudlike sound produced by dense tissue like liver or heart
resonance
hollow sound like in lungs
hyperresonane
not produce normally
tympany
musical sound produced by air filled stomach
auscultation
process of listening to sounds within body
pitch
frequency of vibrations
intensity
loudness of sound
duration
length of sound
quality
subjective description of sound, like whistling, gurgling
pallor
loss of pink tone, due to inadequate circulation
cyanosis
bluish tinge
jaundice
yellowish tinge
erythema
skin redness associated with rashes
vitiligo
patches of hypopigmented skin
edema
presence of excess interstitial fluid
alopecia
hair loss
clubbing
condition where nail are flat and may be cause by long term lack of oxygen
blanch test
test capillary refill