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NUR 618 EXAM 3 - Breast and Axilla questions with verified detailed solutions

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When is a breast exam typically performed? - correct answer✔✔When the patient presents
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with a specific breast complaint
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Follow-up to an abnormal examination ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Increased risk for breast cancer ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Part of an overall health visit for both women and men
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Breast examination includes: - correct answer✔✔Examination of the axillae
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Relevant lymph node chains ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




What is the major focus of the breast exam in adults? - correct answer✔✔identification of
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breast masses, skin, or vascular changes that could indicate malignancy
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What is the major focus of the breast exam in children? - correct answer✔✔Tanner staging
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How is the breast divided for purposes of examination? - correct answer✔✔Five segments
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(for examination purposes): four quadrants and tail
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Upper outer quadrant: greatest amount of glandular tissue
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Upper inner quadrant ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Lower inner quadrant ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Lower outer quadrant ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Tail of Spence
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Anatomy of the nipple - correct answer✔✔Located centrally on the breast and surrounded||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




by the pigmented areola
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, Epithelium infiltrated with smooth muscle fibers ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Lactiferous ducts empty onto nipple ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Contraction of the smooth muscle, induced by tactile, sensory, or autonomic stimuli, ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




produces erection of the nipple and causes the lactiferous ducts to empty
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Sebaceous glands (Montgomery tubercles) on areola ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Lymphatic network of the breast - correct answer✔✔Drains breast radially and deeply to
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underlying lymphatics ||\\//||




Superficial lymphatics drain skin ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Deep lymphatics drain mammary lobules
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Complex of axillary lymph nodes ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Axillary lymph nodes - correct answer✔✔Anterior axillary (pectoral) nodes
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Midaxillary (central) nodes ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Posterior axillary (subscapular) nodes ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Lateral axillary (brachial) nodes ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




Breast development in children and adolescents - correct answer✔✔Latent phase in children
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and preadolescence
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Thelarche (breast development) early sign of puberty in adolescent girls
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Tanner sexual maturity rating system to stage breast development
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Breasts develop at different rates in individuals and may result in asymmetry
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Tanner 1 - correct answer✔✔Preadolescent
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Only the nipple is raised above the level of the breast, as in the child
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Tanner 2 - correct answer✔✔Budding stage, bud-shaped elevation of the areola
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