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