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percussion - ANSWERS-tapping the person's skin with short, sharp strokes to assess
underlying structures
tympany - ANSWERS-Amplitude: Loud
Pitch: High
Quality: Musical and drumlike (like the kettle drum)
Duration: sustained longest
Sample Location: over air-filled viscus (e.g., the stomach, the intestine
dull - ANSWERS-Amplitude: soft
Pitch: high
Quality: muffled thud
Duration: short
Sample Location: relatively dense organ, as liver or spleen
flat - ANSWERS-Amplitude: very soft
Pitch: high
Quality: dead stop of sound; absolute dullness
Duration: very short
, Sample Location: no air present; thigh muscle, bone, tumor
light palpation - ANSWERS-detects surface characteristics and accustoms the person
to being touched
deep palpation - ANSWERS-assesses an organ or mass deeper in a body cavity
(intermittent pressure is better than continuous)
bimanual palpation - ANSWERS-requires use of both hands to envelop or capture
certain body parts or organs (kidneys, uterus, adnexa)
auscultation - ANSWERS-listening to sounds produced by the body, such as the heart
and blood vessels and the lungs and abdomen
Bell of stethoscope - ANSWERS-cup-shaped endpiece used for soft, low-pitched heart
sounds
Diaphragm of stethoscope - ANSWERS-flat end piece of the stethoscope used for
hearing relatively high-pitched sounds: breath, bowel, normal heart sounds
ausculatory gap - ANSWERS-a brief period when Korotkoff sounds disappear during
auscultation of blood pressure; common with hypertension
bradycardia - ANSWERS-heart rate fewer than 50 or 60 beats per minute in the adult
(depending on agency)
sphygmomanometer - ANSWERS-instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure
stroke volume - ANSWERS-the amount of blood the heart pumps with each beat
tachycardia - ANSWERS-heart rate greater than 95 beats per minute in the adult