History, Observation, and Palpation Terms

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Across
  1. 2. A decrease in muscle size.
  2. 3. Movement patterns.
  3. 5. The means in which a patient is positioned.
  4. 7. Touching the patient's body during examination.
  5. 10. To bend at the ends, with a sideways pressure resulting in the middle of the bone.
  6. 11. An associated problem that is either visible or measureable by the clinician.
  7. 12. A general term for a collection of fluid.
  8. 13. Tapping or bumping a body part to produce a shock wave as a means of testing for fracture.
  9. 16. Body parts being equal or the same from one side to the other.
  10. 18. The process of investigating what may be wrong with a patient.
  11. 21. One side.
  12. 23. To pull apart.
  13. 24. The patient reporting that it hurts to be touched.
  14. 25. Process of obtaining a pertinent set of background information.
Down
  1. 1. Both sides of the body.
  2. 4. The opposite side.
  3. 6. A formal and objective determination of a patient's condition.
  4. 8. An unofficial impression of what may be wrong with a patient.
  5. 9. Visually inspecting the affected and surrounding body parts for abnormalities.
  6. 12. A feeling or problem that is reported by the patient, which cannot always be seen or measured by the clinician.
  7. 14. To squeeze together.
  8. 15. A crunching, grinding, or creaking feeling.
  9. 17. Protecting a body part.
  10. 19. Something that is crooked or displaced.
  11. 20. A divot, depression, or softness within a structure.
  12. 22. A term meaning lengthwise, or from end to end.