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palpation is using your hands to put pressure on a persons body to feel what is underneath the visible outer layer, light palpation is doing that but only depressing the skin 1-2 cm
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What examination technique is used to determine the density of a body part?
palpation
Is a traffic light a light reflector or light source?
light source
Is light from the sun the same thing as light from a light bulb?
no because light from the light bulb is electrical and the sun is not
What is the difference between light producer and light reflector?
Source light is light coming directly from a light source/emitter (i.e. a light bulb, the sun, stars, etc.). Reflected light is light coming indirectly from the light source/emitter. That could be reflected, refracted light, etc.
What color does blue light and red light make?
blue light and red light make purple light
How do you Use tender to palpation in a sentence?
The patient winced when the doctor applied pressure to the tender area during palpation of the abdomen.
The technique used when doctors use their hand to examine a patient?
palpation
What is the term for the use of hands to examine the body?
In nursing and in medicine, using the hands to examine a body and its structures is called palpation.
Why is important to palpate during assessment?
During clinical assessment after inspection comes palpation. Palpation is to enable diagnosis. As palpation of closed package helps guess what is inside the package so too palpation helps arrive at clinical signs. Is the enlarged liver in the abdomen hard or soft can be told by palpation. Methods like palpation were essential for the doctors to know what is wrong with the human body.
What is a palpation in a rabbit?
Palpation is the act of feeling the doe rabbit's abdomen to determine if she is pregnant or not.
What instrument is used to feel texture size consistency and location of certain body parts called?
Palpation
What is a sentence with palpation?
My doctor palpated my private parts to check for signs of puberty.
Feeling structure with your fingertips is called what?
Palpation
Indication of dorsal recumbent?
abdominal palpation
How does a scientist tell if an organism was a vertebrate or not?
by palpation
What are the remaining steps while examining patient except auscultation palpation?
The appropriate steps to take when examining a patient are inspection, auscultation, palpation and percussion.
What is the term for examining a body using hands?
Palpation
