Exam 2 NUR 6001 Questions with CORRECT Answers
(Grade A+)
Question 1:
Solid Organs
Answer:
maintain their shape: liver, spleen, kidney, pancreas, ovaries
Question 2:
Hollow Organs
Answer:
the shape depends on contents: stomach, gallbladder, intestines, bladder, uterus
Question 3:
Neoplasm of
esopha-
gus/stomach
odor
Answer:
severe bad breath
Question 4:
Peptic ulcers
odor
Answer:
acid breath
Question 5:
Hepatic failure
odor
Answer:
sickly sweet odor
,Question 6:
Esophageal di-
verticulum odor
Answer:
odor of decay
Question 7:
Severe bowel ob- odor of feces
struction odor
Answer:
Not provided in source document.
Question 8:
Cirrhosis with
portal shunting
odor
Answer:
odor of rotten eggs and garlic
Question 9:
increased lunula indicates hyperthyroid,
size
Answer:
leprosy, and scleroderma
Question 10:
Normal bowel high-pitched,
sounds for small
intestine
Answer:
gurgling
Question 11:
, Normal bowel low-pitched,
sounds for colon
Answer:
rumbling
Question 12:
Liver percussion
Answer:
begins at abdomen just below the umbilicus at the right midclavicular line, percuss
upward until dullness is heard
Question 13:
Spleen percus-
sion
Answer:
lie supine, breathe normally, percuss in the lowest intercostal space in the left
anterior axillary line, beginning at an area of lung resonance
may be heard from 6-10th ribs, normal percussion sounds can be either resonance
or tympanic
Question 14:
Bladder percus-
sion
Answer:
percussion of the suprapubic area can detect dullness, 400-600ml in bladder
before dullness heard
Question 15:
Fluid Wave Test
Answer:
with the patient's hand placed vertically in the middle of abdomen, place your
hands on each side of the patient's abdomen and tap one side while palpating
the other side
If ascites is present, the examiner will feel fluid shifting from side to side
(Grade A+)
Question 1:
Solid Organs
Answer:
maintain their shape: liver, spleen, kidney, pancreas, ovaries
Question 2:
Hollow Organs
Answer:
the shape depends on contents: stomach, gallbladder, intestines, bladder, uterus
Question 3:
Neoplasm of
esopha-
gus/stomach
odor
Answer:
severe bad breath
Question 4:
Peptic ulcers
odor
Answer:
acid breath
Question 5:
Hepatic failure
odor
Answer:
sickly sweet odor
,Question 6:
Esophageal di-
verticulum odor
Answer:
odor of decay
Question 7:
Severe bowel ob- odor of feces
struction odor
Answer:
Not provided in source document.
Question 8:
Cirrhosis with
portal shunting
odor
Answer:
odor of rotten eggs and garlic
Question 9:
increased lunula indicates hyperthyroid,
size
Answer:
leprosy, and scleroderma
Question 10:
Normal bowel high-pitched,
sounds for small
intestine
Answer:
gurgling
Question 11:
, Normal bowel low-pitched,
sounds for colon
Answer:
rumbling
Question 12:
Liver percussion
Answer:
begins at abdomen just below the umbilicus at the right midclavicular line, percuss
upward until dullness is heard
Question 13:
Spleen percus-
sion
Answer:
lie supine, breathe normally, percuss in the lowest intercostal space in the left
anterior axillary line, beginning at an area of lung resonance
may be heard from 6-10th ribs, normal percussion sounds can be either resonance
or tympanic
Question 14:
Bladder percus-
sion
Answer:
percussion of the suprapubic area can detect dullness, 400-600ml in bladder
before dullness heard
Question 15:
Fluid Wave Test
Answer:
with the patient's hand placed vertically in the middle of abdomen, place your
hands on each side of the patient's abdomen and tap one side while palpating
the other side
If ascites is present, the examiner will feel fluid shifting from side to side
