Multiple Choice
You are conducting a routine physical examination on a 34-year-old patient.When palpating the patient's thyroid gland using the anterior approach,you would first do which of the following?
A) ask the patient to swallow
B) displace the thyroid cartilage with your right thumb
C) grasp the elevated right lobe of the thyroid gland with your left thumb, index finger, and middle finger
D) palpate the isthmus
Correct Answer:
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