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How would you use palpate in a sentence?

I could not palpate the patient's radial pulse.When doctors examine the abdomen, they palpate the organs and structures for any abnormalities.To palpate means to use your hands to examine a patient's body.


What is the palpate fish called in Malayalam?

palpate fish = akoli


What are you going to palpate when the patient has urinary retention?

the bladder for distention, what else would you need to palpate.


Is the patella and tibial tuberosity easy to palpate?

Yes, they are.


Where can you not palpate on a living person?

Directly palpating the eyes would not be recommended, and boys might resist their testicles being palpated other than very gently, for they are very sensitive to pressure.


What does palpating mean?

Palpating refers to the act of using the hands to examine or feel parts of the body, typically to assess things like size, shape, texture, or tenderness. It is a common technique used by healthcare providers during physical examinations.


When you palpate a spine what bone do you feel?

You are feeling the spinous process of your vertebrae.


Why is thumb not used to palpate for an artery prior to sampling?

The thumb has a pulse.


Which muscle do you palpate when you extended your hip and stand up?

gluteus maximus


Where is the radial pulse location in the human body?

At the wrist, under the thumb where hand meets wrist. Palpate there where the radius or radial bone is located. Do not use your thumb to palpate since it has it's own pulse.


Why do you have to gently palpate one carotid artery at a time and not palpating both carotid arteries deeply and simultaneously?

If you palpate both, you may cut off cerebral blood flow (to the brain) and cause your patient to pass out.


Two major arteries where you can palpate your pulse?

radial artery and the carotid artey.