Organ-Tracing
Organ-tracing is that branch of palpation which deals with the outlining of the boundaries and surface markings of a tender organ or part.
Palpaters frequently confuse tenderness of one of the parenchymatous viscera for the tenderness of interlaced and branching nerve filaments, especially in the abdominal region. The fact that the tender area takes on the characteristic shape of one of the viscera is conclusive evidence that an organ, and not nerves, have been traced.