NUR 120 Abdominal Questions with
100% Correct Answers
abdominal borders Correct Answer: - superiorly by the costal margins - inferiorly
by the symphysis pubis and inginal canals - laterally by the flanks
abdominal quadrants Correct Answer: - four quadrants - two imaginary lines
Three regions Correct Answer: - epigastric (top) - umbilical (middle) -
hypogastric/ suprapublic
What is in the RLQ Correct Answer: - lower pole of the R kidney - cecum and
appendix - portion of aceding colen - bladder, if distended - ovary and salpinx -
unterus, if enlarged- R spermatic cord - R ureter
what is in the RUQ Correct Answer: - liver and gallbladder- plyrois - duodenum -
head of pancreas - R adernal gland - portion of R kidney - heptic flexure of
colon - portions of ascending and transverse colon
what is in the LUQ? Correct Answer: - L lobe of the liver - spleen -stomach - body
of pancreas - L adrenal gland - portion of L kidney - splentic flexure of colon -
portions of transverse and descending colon
what is in the LLQ Correct Answer: lower pole of the L kidney - sigmoid colon -
portion of desending colon - bladder, if distended- ovary and salpinx - unterus, if
enlarged- L spermatic cord- L ureter
What organs are palpable in the RUQ Correct Answer: liver, right kidney,
ascending/transverse colon
What organs are palpable in the RLQ Correct Answer: - ascending colon and
right kidney
, What organs are palpable in the LUQ Correct Answer: - transverse/desending
colon
Whar organs are palpable in the LLQ Correct Answer: descending/ sigmoid
colon
MIdline structures Correct Answer: - bladder- uterus - prostate gland - aorta L
midline
What organs are palpable in the midline Correct Answer: - bladder if distented -
uterus (pregnant)- prostate, aorta
Abdominal wall muscles Correct Answer: - abdominal oblique- unternal
abdominus oblique- transverse abdominus ----- they protect organs- they can
become weak and strech weakened muscles lead to hernias= bulge
abdominal wall muscle fuctions Correct Answer: - protect internal organs - allow
normal compression of internal organs during fucntional activites ex: coughing
and sneezing; urination and defication; childbirth
internal abdminal anatomy Correct Answer: peritoneum- thin shiny serous
membrane that lines abdominal cavity ;; voscers- all internal organs-- solid
vicera and hollow viscera vascular structures
solid viscera Correct Answer: - organs that maintain their shape - include: liver,
pancreas, spleen, adrenal glands, kidneys, ovaries and uterus
hollow viscera- Correct Answer: shape changes despending on content-
include: stomach, gallbaldder, small instine, colon, bladder (pregnant uterus)
vascular strucrures Correct Answer: - abdominal aortia supplies the abdmonin
with arterial blood; L midline;- pulsations are frequently visible and palable
midline in the midline in the upper abdomen; pulsations of the right and left iliac
100% Correct Answers
abdominal borders Correct Answer: - superiorly by the costal margins - inferiorly
by the symphysis pubis and inginal canals - laterally by the flanks
abdominal quadrants Correct Answer: - four quadrants - two imaginary lines
Three regions Correct Answer: - epigastric (top) - umbilical (middle) -
hypogastric/ suprapublic
What is in the RLQ Correct Answer: - lower pole of the R kidney - cecum and
appendix - portion of aceding colen - bladder, if distended - ovary and salpinx -
unterus, if enlarged- R spermatic cord - R ureter
what is in the RUQ Correct Answer: - liver and gallbladder- plyrois - duodenum -
head of pancreas - R adernal gland - portion of R kidney - heptic flexure of
colon - portions of ascending and transverse colon
what is in the LUQ? Correct Answer: - L lobe of the liver - spleen -stomach - body
of pancreas - L adrenal gland - portion of L kidney - splentic flexure of colon -
portions of transverse and descending colon
what is in the LLQ Correct Answer: lower pole of the L kidney - sigmoid colon -
portion of desending colon - bladder, if distended- ovary and salpinx - unterus, if
enlarged- L spermatic cord- L ureter
What organs are palpable in the RUQ Correct Answer: liver, right kidney,
ascending/transverse colon
What organs are palpable in the RLQ Correct Answer: - ascending colon and
right kidney
, What organs are palpable in the LUQ Correct Answer: - transverse/desending
colon
Whar organs are palpable in the LLQ Correct Answer: descending/ sigmoid
colon
MIdline structures Correct Answer: - bladder- uterus - prostate gland - aorta L
midline
What organs are palpable in the midline Correct Answer: - bladder if distented -
uterus (pregnant)- prostate, aorta
Abdominal wall muscles Correct Answer: - abdominal oblique- unternal
abdominus oblique- transverse abdominus ----- they protect organs- they can
become weak and strech weakened muscles lead to hernias= bulge
abdominal wall muscle fuctions Correct Answer: - protect internal organs - allow
normal compression of internal organs during fucntional activites ex: coughing
and sneezing; urination and defication; childbirth
internal abdminal anatomy Correct Answer: peritoneum- thin shiny serous
membrane that lines abdominal cavity ;; voscers- all internal organs-- solid
vicera and hollow viscera vascular structures
solid viscera Correct Answer: - organs that maintain their shape - include: liver,
pancreas, spleen, adrenal glands, kidneys, ovaries and uterus
hollow viscera- Correct Answer: shape changes despending on content-
include: stomach, gallbaldder, small instine, colon, bladder (pregnant uterus)
vascular strucrures Correct Answer: - abdominal aortia supplies the abdmonin
with arterial blood; L midline;- pulsations are frequently visible and palable
midline in the midline in the upper abdomen; pulsations of the right and left iliac
