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Trail Guide To The Body: Questions & Accurate Answers
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What does palpation mean? Right Ans - To examine by touch
When palpitating, how do you direct the movement and depth Right Ans -
Lay one hand over the other
When outlining the shape or edge of a bone, it is best to roll your fingers ___
rather than ___ its surface Right Ans - Across / along
If the structure you are palpating is moving, your hands Right Ans - Stay
still
When a movement is performed by your partner it is called ______________ and
when your partner relaxes and allows you to do the movement it is called
______________________. Right Ans - Active movement / passive movement
As you improve your palpatory skills, what are three qualities or principles
you will want to practice> Right Ans - Move slowly, avoid excessive
pressure, focus your awareness of what you are feeling.
A muscle's connective tissue layer merge at either end of the muscle to form a
strong ______________________. Right Ans - Tendon
The muscle that carries out an action is called the __________________, whereas
the muscle that resists this action is the ______________________. Right Ans -
Agoinst / antagonist
Please name the three physical characteristics which help to distinguish
muscle from other tissues. Right Ans - Straited texture / Direction of fibers
can be used to determine the muscle / Can contract or relax
To distinguish a tendon from a ligament, explore its
____________________________________, and _____________________. Right Ans -
Attachments / variable tension
, Name three types of connective tissue that are palpable? Right Ans -
Tendons, ligaments and facia
Fascia is a continuous sheet of __________________ located beneath the skin
_________________and around muscles and organs. Right Ans - Fibrous
membrane / skin
A sharp, shooting sensation felt locally or down the corresponding appendage
during palpation may be caused by ___________________________. Right Ans -
compression or impingement of nerves
Tissue with a gelatinous consistency Right Ans - adipose
A broad flat tendon Right Ans - aponeurosis
A vessel in which a pulse can be felt Right Ans - artery
small, fluid-filled sac that reduces friction between two structures Right
Ans - bursa
easy to distinguish by its solid feel Right Ans - bone
two types - superficial and deep Right Ans - fascia
a structure connecting bones together at a joint Right Ans - ligament
bean-shaped, ranging in size from pea to almond Right Ans - lymph node
a voluntary contractile tissue that moves the skeleton Right Ans - muscle
tube-shaped vessel that becomes tender when compressed Right Ans -
nerve
a transverse thickening of deep facia, strapping down tendons Right Ans -
retinaculum
the largest organ in the body Right Ans - skin
attaches muscle to bone Right Ans - tendon
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