During percussion, a dull tone is expected to be heard over:
a. healthy lung tissue.
b. emphysemic lungs.
c. the liver.
d. most of the abdomen.
C
Dull tones are expected over denser areas such as the liver. Healthy lung tissue is resonant. Em-physemic lungs are hyperresonant. Tympany is heard over most of the abdomen.
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