MARYVILLE NURS 623 EXAM 3 COMPLETE
TEST PAPER WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Left lower quadrant.
Answer: Left ovary, bowel
◉ Abdominal bruits.
Answer: Swishing sound over aortic, renal, iliac, or femoral arteries.
Could be narrowing or aneurysm
◉ Abdominal rushes.
Answer: High pitched sounds. Coincides with cramping, could be
obstruction.
◉ Borborygmi.
Answer: Increased, prolonged gurgles due to gastroenteritis, hunger,
or early obstruction
◉ Audible abdominal rubs.
Answer: Grating sounds could indicate inflammation due to tumor,
infection, or splenic infarct
,◉ Venous hum.
Answer: Often heard in cirrhosis
◉ Absent bowel sounds.
Answer: Could be peritonitis or paralytic ileus
◉ Rovsing's Sign.
Answer: Rebound pain in RIGHT lower quadrant when pressure
placed on LEFT lower quadrant.
◉ Murphy's sign.
Answer: Pain on deep inspiration when gallbladder is palpated.
◉ Psoas sign.
Answer: Pain in abdomen when resistant pressure placed on patient
raising thigh
◉ Blumberg sign.
Answer: Also known as rebound tenderness.
◉ Cullen sign.
, Answer: Ecchymosis around umbilicus. Could be pancreatitis,
ectopic pregnancy, or hemoperitoneum.
◉ Dance sign.
Answer: No bowel sounds in right lower quad, could be
intussusception or obstruction
◉ Grey Turner Sign.
Answer: Ecchymosis of flanks. Could be hemoperitoneum, ruptured
spleen, or pancreatitis.
◉ Kehr Sign.
Answer: Accompanied by radiating pain to left shoulder caused by
splenic rupture, renal calculi, ectopic pregnancy
◉ McBurney Sign.
Answer: Rebound tenderness and sharp pain when McBurney point
is palpated. This is the point over the right side of the abdomen that
is one-third of the distance from the anterior superior iliac spine to
the umbilicus. Often due to appendicitis.
◉ Eversion.
Answer: movement of the sole of the foot outward at the ankle
TEST PAPER WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Left lower quadrant.
Answer: Left ovary, bowel
◉ Abdominal bruits.
Answer: Swishing sound over aortic, renal, iliac, or femoral arteries.
Could be narrowing or aneurysm
◉ Abdominal rushes.
Answer: High pitched sounds. Coincides with cramping, could be
obstruction.
◉ Borborygmi.
Answer: Increased, prolonged gurgles due to gastroenteritis, hunger,
or early obstruction
◉ Audible abdominal rubs.
Answer: Grating sounds could indicate inflammation due to tumor,
infection, or splenic infarct
,◉ Venous hum.
Answer: Often heard in cirrhosis
◉ Absent bowel sounds.
Answer: Could be peritonitis or paralytic ileus
◉ Rovsing's Sign.
Answer: Rebound pain in RIGHT lower quadrant when pressure
placed on LEFT lower quadrant.
◉ Murphy's sign.
Answer: Pain on deep inspiration when gallbladder is palpated.
◉ Psoas sign.
Answer: Pain in abdomen when resistant pressure placed on patient
raising thigh
◉ Blumberg sign.
Answer: Also known as rebound tenderness.
◉ Cullen sign.
, Answer: Ecchymosis around umbilicus. Could be pancreatitis,
ectopic pregnancy, or hemoperitoneum.
◉ Dance sign.
Answer: No bowel sounds in right lower quad, could be
intussusception or obstruction
◉ Grey Turner Sign.
Answer: Ecchymosis of flanks. Could be hemoperitoneum, ruptured
spleen, or pancreatitis.
◉ Kehr Sign.
Answer: Accompanied by radiating pain to left shoulder caused by
splenic rupture, renal calculi, ectopic pregnancy
◉ McBurney Sign.
Answer: Rebound tenderness and sharp pain when McBurney point
is palpated. This is the point over the right side of the abdomen that
is one-third of the distance from the anterior superior iliac spine to
the umbilicus. Often due to appendicitis.
◉ Eversion.
Answer: movement of the sole of the foot outward at the ankle
