Review for Prelims Exam Flashcards
Uses fingertips (rough/smooth)
Texture
use back of hand (warm, hot, and cold)
Temperature
Joint position size,m consistenct, and mobility
Crepitation and vibration
urinary bladder
Distention
Solid fluid and air filled
Consistency of Structure
fint descriminations, pulses, texture, size, and consistency, shpae, and crepitu
Fingerpads
vibrations, thrills, and fremitus
Ulnar/palmar
temeprature
Dorsal
very little / no depression (<1cm)
circular motion
uses, pulse and tenderness
Light palpation
depressed the skinsurface -2cm (0.5-0.75 inces)
feel for palpable body organ and masses
note the size and consistency and mobility of structure
Moderate palpation
2-2.5cm (1 and 2 inch), uterus, breast, and spleen, use one hand to apply pressure and the other hand to feel pressure
size consistency and mobility of structure
Deep palpation
`place dominant hand on the skin surface and non dominant hand on top of the dominant hand to apply pressure
surface depression 2.5cm-5cm (12.2 inch)
-feel deep organs / structure
Bimanual palpation
striking thte bost directly w/one /two fingertips ex tenderness over the sinuses
Direct
most commonly used, striking of an obj held against the body, striking body surface to elicit sounds, cibrations, ex solid tissue - soft tune
fluid- louder tone
air - produced more louder tone
indirect
placing one hand flat on the surface and using the fist of the other hand to strike the back of the hand flat on the body surface
used to detect tenderness over organs (kidneys)
Blunt
A hollow sound
resonance
a booming sound
Hyperresonance
Tympany
DRUM sound by the stomach
Dullness
THUD sound - liver and enlarged spleen or a full bladder
Flatness
EXTREMELY DULL such as muscle and bone
Intensity
REfers to LOUDNESS and SOFTNESS of sound
Pitch
Number of vibrations per sec Frequency
duration
- Length long or short
Quality
subjective description of a sound (whistling, gurgling, or snapping)