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RYAN BANYAN

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If the clinician uses sound to assess the GI tract by tapping with his or her fingers during a nutrition-focused physical exam, this technique is termed:
 a. palpation.
  b. percussion.
  c. inspection.
  d. auscultation.

Question 2

A visual assessment of the body conducted in a systematic manner by a clinician during a nutrition-focused physical exam is termed a(n):
 a. palpation.
  b. percussion.
  c. inspection.
  d. auscultation.


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Reply #1 on: Aug 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c


RYAN BANYAN

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Reply #2 on: Aug 20, 2018
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