Physical Exam Terms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• occult: obscure; hidden
• auscultation: listening to the sounds within the body
• lithotomy: an examination position in which the patient is lying on the back with the feet and legs raised and supported in stirrups
• manipulation: the passive movement of a joint to determine the range of flexion and extension
• knee chest: position where the patient is lying face down with the hips bent so that the knees and chest rest on the table
• supine: lying horizontally on the back
• mensuration: the process of measuring
• palpation: examination in which the examiner’s hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts
• percussion: diagnostic procedure to determine the density of a body area that uses the sound produced by tapping the surface with the fingers.
• tuning fork: two-pronged fork used to assess a patient's hearing
• dorsal recumbent: position where the patient is lying on the back, face up, knees bent
• inspection: the first part of a physical examination; close observation
• sims: patient is lying on the left side with the right knee and thigh drawn up with the left arm placed along the back
• guaiac: a solution used to test for the presence of occult blood in the stool
• otoscope: a lighted instrument with a set of lenses used for visual examination of the eardrum and the passage of the outer ear
• prone: position where the patient lies face down on the abdomen