Which of the following percussion notes would you obtain over the gastric bubble?
A) Resonance
B) Tympany
C) Hyperresonance
D) Flatness
B) Tympany
The gastric bubble produces one of the longest percussion notes. A patient with COPD may have hyperresonance over his chest, while a normal person would have resonance. Dullness is heard over a normal liver, and flatness is heard if one percusses a large muscle.
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