physical examination

(noun)

The examination of the patient's body with the use of such methods as inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation.

Related Terms

  • differential diagnosis
  • diagnostic criteria

Examples of physical examination in the following topics:

  • Autopsy

    • An autopsy or post-mortem examination is a specialized surgical procedure to determine cause of death.
    • These examinations are performed under a legal authority (Medical Examiner or Coroner or Procurator Fiscal) and do not require the consent of relatives of the deceased.
    • There are two parts to the physical examination of the body: the external and internal examination.
    • The examiner then notes the kind of clothes and their position on the body before they are removed.
    • It is unusual to examine the face, arms, hands or legs internally.
  • Aggregate Production

    • The aggregate production function examines how the productivity depends on the quantities of physical capital per worker and human capital per worker.
    • The aggregate production function examines how productivity, or real GDP per worker, depends on the quantities of physical capital per worker and human capital per worker.
    • The production function relates the physical outputs of production to the physical inputs or factors of production.
    • The average physical product is at its maximum.
    • Stage 2: output increases at a decreasing rate and the average and marginal physical product are declining.
  • Further Reading

    • The general development of Maxwell's equations and the polarization of radiation are examined in Chapter 6 of
  • Physical Maps and Integration with Genetic Maps

    • Physical maps display the physical distance between genes and can be constructed using cytogenetic, radiation hybrid, or sequence mapping.
    • A physical map provides detail of the actual physical distance between genetic markers, as well as the number of nucleotides.
    • There are three methods used to create a physical map: cytogenetic mapping, radiation hybrid mapping, and sequence mapping.
    • Genetic maps provide the outline and physical maps provide the details.
    • A cytogenetic map shows the appearance of a chromosome after it is stained and examined under a microscope.
  • Analyzing every stage of production

    • Examine how these activities impact one another and measure and record the amount and costs of every production unit input and output.
    • A common way to measure (and appreciate) the amount of physical waste a department or business disposes is to ‘dumpster dive' (i.e. collect and examine what has been thrown away).
    • Examining the company's rubbish makes it easy to determine what can be reduced, reused, reincorporated back into production, or sold to a recycler.
  • Calculating the Emission and Absorption Coefficients

    • We can write the emission and absorption coefficients in terms of the Einstein coefficients that we have just examined.
  • Thermal Instability

    • So far we have examined instabilities where energy does not leave or enter the fluid.
  • Phenotypes and Genotypes

    • An organism's underlying genetic makeup, consisting of both physically visible and non-expressed alleles, is called its genotype.
    • Once Mendel examined the characteristics in the F1 generation of plants, he allowed them to self-fertilize naturally.
    • A trait is defined as a variation in the physical appearance of a heritable characteristic.
    • To fully examine each characteristic, Mendel generated large numbers of F1 and F2 plants, reporting results from 19,959 F2 plants alone.
    • In addition, Mendel confirmed that, other than flower color, the pea plants were physically identical.
  • Selection Rules

    • We can determine the selection rules for dipole emission by examining the definition of the dipole matrix element
    • If we examine the integral in detail, especially the spatial part we have
  • Waves

    • Vibrations and waves are extremely important phenomena in physics.
    • From the jiggling of atoms to the large oscillations of sea waves, we find examples of vibrations in almost every physical system.
    • The description of waves is closely related to their physical origin for each specific instance of a wave process.
    • In this chapter we will closely examine the difference between longitudinal and transverse waves along with some of the properties they possess.
    • We will also learn how waves are fundamental in describing motion of many applicable physical systems.
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