According to the National Library of Medicine: “Palpation is a method of feeling with the fingers or hands during a physical examination. The health care provider touches and feels your body to examine the size, consistency, texture, location, and tenderness of an organ or body part.”

“Palpitations are feelings or sensations that your heart is pounding or racing. They can be felt in your chest, throat, or neck…The heart’s rhythm may be normal or abnormal when you have palpitations.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: palpation= PAL/PAIGS
Option #2: palpation= PALGS

Option #1: palpitation= PAL/PA/TAIGS
Option #2: palpitation= PAL/TAIGS
Option #3: palpitation= PAPLGS
Option #4: palpitation= PAEPGS

Hypothenar is a group of three muscles that are located in the palm of your hand. This group of muscles controls the motion of the little finger.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: hypothenar= HAOIP/O*E/THA/NAR
Option #2: hypothenar= HAOI/PO*T/A/NAR
Option #3: hypothenar= HAOIP/THA/NAR
Option #4: hypothenar= HAOI/PO*T/NAR

The Romberg test is used in neurological examinations. This test is also used to test alleged drunk drivers. Below is a video of a doctor performing the test:

Machine Brief:
Romberg test: ROM/BERG/TEFT

Accordimg to the website Web MD, “Bursitis is the inflammation or irritation of the bursa. The bursa is a sac filled with lubricating fluid, located between tissues such as bone, muscle, tendons, and skin, that decreases rubbing, friction, and irritation.

Bursitis is most often caused by repetitive, minor impact on the area, or from a sudden, more serious injury. Age also plays a role. As tendons age they are able to tolerate stress less, are less elastic, and are easier to tear.

Overuse or injury to the joint at work or play can also increase a person’s risk of bursitis. Examples of high-risk activities include gardening, raking, carpentry, shoveling, painting, scrubbing, tennis, golf, skiing, throwing, and pitching. Incorrect posture at work or home and poor stretching or conditioning before exercise can also lead to bursitis.

An abnormal or poorly placed bone or joint (such as length differences in your legs or arthritis in a joint) can put added stress on a bursa sac, causing bursitis. Stress or inflammation from other conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, gout, psoriatic arthritis, thyroid disorders, or unusual medication reactions may also increase a person’s risk. In addition, an infection can occasionally lead to inflammation of a bursa.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: bursitis= BUR/SAOI/TIS
Option #2: bursitis= BUR/SAOITS