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Trail guide to the body Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
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1|Page | © copyright 2024/2025 | Grade A+Trail guide to the body Questions
and Answers (100% Pass)
palpation
✓ to examine or explore by touching (an organ or part of the body)
usually as a diagnostic aid.
palpations involves 3 things...
✓ locating: a structure
✓ becoming aware; of its characteristics
✓ assessing; its quality or condition so can determine how to treat it.
Active movement
✓ client moves heir own body while you palpate or observe the
movement. i.e. ask client to flex elbow while you palpate biceps
brachii
Passive Movement
✓ opposite of active movement; while client is relaxed, you move the
body part. i.e. abduct and adduct the shoulder.
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Resisted movement
✓ client performs an action against your gentle resistance.
three principals of palpation
✓ Move slowly
✓ Avoid using excessive force
✓ Focus your awareness on what you are feeling
hypertonicity
✓ is an increased tension of the muscles, meaning the muscle tone is
abnormally rigid, hampering proper movement.
Hypotonicity
✓ is a decreased tension in muscle tone.
skeletal muscle
✓ the voluntary contractile tissue that moves the skeleton
what is skeletal muscle comprised of
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