Consider the following excerpt from a clinician’s notes following completion of a history and physical examination. Provide the meaning of the following words:

a) respiratory
b) bilateral
c) abdomial
d) hypochondriac
e) posterior

Mrs. C denies respiratory distress, has equal bilateral breath sounds and symmetrical movement of the chest wall. Pain is localized to the left upper quadrant of the abdominal cavity. The spleen is not palpable in the left hypochondriac region. Pain is not transmitted to the posterior abdominal cavity.


a. The system including the lungs and airways that is responsible for providing oxygen to the body and eliminating carbon dioxide waste
b. Both sides
c. Pertaining to the abdomen
d. Below the cartilage of the ribs/relates to the region that underlies the cartilage that connect the lower ribs to the breastbone
e. Back of

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