Chapter 4 GEOLOGY. CHAPTER 4 GEOLOGY ...................................................................................................................................... 4â1. 4.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................
palpation - a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional) tactual exploration.
Amplitude is a reflection of pulse strength and the elasticity of the arterial wall (Dougherty and Lister, 2004). Manual palpation gives a subjective assessment of amplitude, as a numerical value cannot be calculated, and gives a description of how the pulse feels.