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Bonewit Chapt#5
The Physical Exam(kaylonTackett)
Term | Definition |
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Audiometer | An instrument used to measure hearing |
Auscultation | The process of listening to the sounds produced within the body to detect signs of disease |
Bariatrics | The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment and control of obesity and diseases associated with obesity. |
Body mechanics | Utilization of the correct muscles to maintain proper balance posture and body alignment to accomplish a task safely and efficiently without undue strain on any muscle or joint. |
Clinical Diagnosis | A tentative diagnosis of a patients condition obtained through evaluation of the health history and the physical examination without the benefit of laboratory or diagnostic tests. |
Diagnosis | The scientific method of determining and identifying a patients condition. |
Differential diagnosis | A determination of which two or more disease with a similar symptoms is producing a patients symptoms. |
inspection | The process of observing a patient to detect signs of disease |
Mensuration | The process of measuring a patient |
Ophthalmoscope | An instrument for examining the interior of the eye |
Otoscope | An instrument for examining the external ear canal and tympanic membrane |
Palpation | The process of feeling with the hands to detect signs of disease |
Percussion | The process of tapping the body to detect signs of disease |
Percussion hammer | An instrument with a rubber head used for testing reflexes |
Prognosis | The probable course and outcome of a patients condition and the patients prospects for recovery. |
speculum | An instrument for opening the body orifice or cavity for viewing. |
symptom | Any change in the body or its functioning that indicates a disease might be present |