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Bonewit # 5
The Physical Examination- emily lawson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 disease 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 or diagnostic tests |
| diagnosis | the scientific method of determining and identifying a patients condition |
| differential diagnosis | a determination of which of two or more diseases with similar symptoms is producing a patients symptoms |
| inspection | the process of observing a patients to detect signs of disease |
| mensuration | the process of measuring a patient |
| ophthalmoscope | an instrument fr 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 of disease |
| percussion hammer | an instrument with a rubber head, to test the reflexes. |
| prognosis | the probable course and outcome of a patients condition and the patients prospects of recovery |
| speculum | an instrument for opening a body orifice or cavity for viewing. |
| symptom | any change in the body or its functioning that indicates a disease might be present. |