Free AAMA Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Practice Question

During a routine physical examination, a healthcare provider is assessing a patient's liver size. The medical assistant is asked to use percussion to help delineate the liver's vertical span in the right mid-clavicular line. Which best describes the sound the medical assistant should expect to hear over a healthy liver?

  • Dull

  • Flat

  • Resonant

  • Tympanic

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AAMA Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) / 
Clinical Competency
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