Mr. Donaldson is a 64-year-old patient with complaints of headaches. As the examiner, you are palpating his head during your physical examination. Which of the following would be your first step?
a. Palpate the patient's hair, noting texture, color, and distribution.
b. Palpate the temporomandibular joint.
c. Palpate the skull from front to back.
d. Palpate the temporal artery.
C
Palpate the skull in a gentle rotary movement first, progressing systematically from front to back.
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