The nurse is performing a musculoskeletal assessment on a client who is right-hand dominant. The variation in muscle mass the nurse expects to find is
a. atrophy.
b. fasciculations.
c. hypertrophy.
d. tremors.
C
Muscles should feel firm and smooth. A slight increase in mass, or hypertrophy, on the dominant side is normal.
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