Exam 38: Assisting With a General Physical Examination

Patients older than age 40 should have a yearly ________ examination for early detection of colorectal cancer.

Which of the following positions is used during examination of the female genitalia?

Which of the following is not a way the medical assistant can benefit a patient during a general physical exam?

The examination position pictured here is the ________ position.

Which position would be difficult for an obese woman or a woman in the late stages of pregnancy to assume?

In which examination position does the patient lie on his back with his knees drawn up and his feet flat on the table?

When a patient has symptoms that may indicate more than one condition, the physician must first ____.

A diagnosis based on the signs and symptoms of a disease is a(n) ________ diagnosis.

A physician uses a reflex hammer to tap tendons during assessment of which body system?

In Fowler's position, the patient lies ____.

The best examination position for the physician to evaluate the patient's ability to fully expand the lungs is the ____ position.

The examination position pictured here is the ________ position.

Which of the following examination methods involves touching the patient to assess texture, temperature, and shape?

The examination position pictured here is the ________ position.

In which of the following examination positions does the patient sit at the edge of the examination table without back support?

The waxy secretion from the ear, also known as earwax, is called ________.

You should observe _______ precautions when working with a patient suspected of having a highly contagious infectious disease such as chickenpox or diphtheria.

The examination position pictured here is the ________ position.

Which of the following is not part of the role of the medical assistant for a general physical exam?

Physicians use which examination method to determine whether the lungs contain air or fluid?