10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLEXIMETER»
Discover the use of
pleximeter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pleximeter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Percussion is carried out indirectly on the body in the following way: the finger
doing the percussing is called the plexor and the finger being percussed, the
pleximeter. The middle finger (pleximeter) is placed on the body surface, without
the ...
M.J. Viljoen, L.R. Uys, 1988
2
Sapira's Art & Science of Bedside Diagnosis
A Method Place the third finger (pleximeter) of your left hand firmly against the
surface to be percussed and then rap a pair of drum strokes on its distal phalanx
using the tip of your right third finger as a mallet (the plexor). The first beat of the ...
Jane M. Orient, Joseph D. Sapira, 2010
3
Textbook Of Practical Physiology - 2Nd Edn.
The areas are percussed keeping the pleximeter finger in the intercostal spaces.
The clavicle should be percussed directly by the percussing finger without using
the pleximeter finger. Percussion of corresponding regions on both sides should
...
G.K. & Pal, Pal, Pravati, 2006
4
Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice
Indirect percussion To perform indirect percussion, use the second finger of your
nondomi- nant hand as the pleximeter (the mediating device used to receive the
taps) and the middle finger of your dominant hand as the plexor (the device used
...
5
Nursing Assessment: History-taking and the Physical Examination
If percussion is not done rapidly, the vibrations can be muffled by continuous
pressure on the pleximeter; - not percussing too hard. This will harm the
pleximeter and the desired sounds will not be obtained; - keeping the forearm still
and using ...
6
Lectures on Clinical Medicine, etc
pleximeter and hammer on a dead body, or the living subject, I shall now proceed
to describe the General Rules to be followed in the Practice of Mediate
Pereuuion.—l. The pleximeter should be held by the projecting handles between
the ...
John Hughes BENNETT, 1850
7
Health Assessment and Physical Examination
Flex the wrist of the dominant hand and place the hand directly over the
pleximeter finger of the nondominant hand. 6. With a sharp, crisp, rapid
movement from the wrist of the dominant hand, strike the pleximeter with the
plexor. At this point ...
8
The Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Medical Science
LIII. M. Piorry's New Stethoscope. M. Piorry sets out with the position, that metals
will conduct sound sufficiently well to admit of being employed as stethoscopes.
Metal will also serve for the pleximeter, or that thin plate attached to the large end
...
9
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
n Mediate percussion using the middle finger of the nondominant hand as the
pleximeter. deep p. percussion in which a firm blow is struck in order to obtain a
note from a deep-seated tissue. direct p. immediate p. drop p., drop stroke p.
10
The Medical Examiner: A Monthly Record of Medical Science
tes to give it a clear, uncomplicated The gum elastic pleximeter is simple, but all
of you are provided with one which is much more simple, and which you see me
resort to — it is the forefinger of the left hand. In thin persons, the finger is even ...
