N190 Physical assessment Week 5 Abdomen
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Exam with verified detailed solutions
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Function of digestive system - correct answer✔✔- ability to take in,
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break down, and absorb nutrients to be used by all cells in the body
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- breakdown of food begins in the mouth and ends in the intestines
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- eliminates waste products via feces
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Auscultation: Where do you start? - correct answer✔✔RLQ
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How long do you listen to each quadrant for? - correct answer✔✔1
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What do absent bowel sounds indicate? - correct answer✔✔paralytic
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ileus or bowel obstruction
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What sound is heard over organs? - correct answer✔✔dullness
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What sound is heard over the abdomen? - correct answer✔✔tympany
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How do you palpate for rebound tenderness? - correct answer✔✔-Press
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deeply at a site away from or adjacent to, not directly over a painful
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-Palpate for rebound tenderness at McBurney's point: press deeply and
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slowly with fingers at 90-degree angle, then rebound (let up) quickly.
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You're assessing if pain occurs during rebound - letting up - not
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pressing in. !Z
, McBurney's point tenderness - correct answer✔✔appendicitis
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Rovsing's sign - correct answer✔✔Pain in RLQ with palpation of LLQ
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indicative of appendicitis
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Psoas sign - correct answer✔✔RLQ pain with extension of right thigh
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indicative of appendicitis
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Murphy's sign - correct answer✔✔Pain with palplation of gall bladder
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(seen with cholecystitis)
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Define: appendicitis - correct answer✔✔inflammation of the appendix
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Define: Cholecystitis - correct answer✔✔inflammation of the gallbladder
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Define: Diverticulitis - correct answer✔✔inflammation of the diverticula
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Define: Duodenal Ulcer - correct answer✔✔Breaks in mucosa of
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duodenum
Borborygmi - correct answer✔✔stomach growling / hyperactive
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Protrusion of an organ/structure through weakened areas of ABD wall is
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called? - correct answer✔✔Hernia
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Abnormal findings during ABD inspection? - correct answer✔✔striae,
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hernias, la !Z
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Exam with verified detailed solutions
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Function of digestive system - correct answer✔✔- ability to take in,
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break down, and absorb nutrients to be used by all cells in the body
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- breakdown of food begins in the mouth and ends in the intestines
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- eliminates waste products via feces
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Auscultation: Where do you start? - correct answer✔✔RLQ
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How long do you listen to each quadrant for? - correct answer✔✔1
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minute per quadrant !Z !Z
What do absent bowel sounds indicate? - correct answer✔✔paralytic
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ileus or bowel obstruction
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What sound is heard over organs? - correct answer✔✔dullness
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What sound is heard over the abdomen? - correct answer✔✔tympany
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How do you palpate for rebound tenderness? - correct answer✔✔-Press
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deeply at a site away from or adjacent to, not directly over a painful
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area. !Z
-Palpate for rebound tenderness at McBurney's point: press deeply and
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slowly with fingers at 90-degree angle, then rebound (let up) quickly.
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You're assessing if pain occurs during rebound - letting up - not
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pressing in. !Z
, McBurney's point tenderness - correct answer✔✔appendicitis
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Rovsing's sign - correct answer✔✔Pain in RLQ with palpation of LLQ
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indicative of appendicitis
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Psoas sign - correct answer✔✔RLQ pain with extension of right thigh
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indicative of appendicitis
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Murphy's sign - correct answer✔✔Pain with palplation of gall bladder
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(seen with cholecystitis)
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Define: appendicitis - correct answer✔✔inflammation of the appendix
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Define: Cholecystitis - correct answer✔✔inflammation of the gallbladder
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Define: Diverticulitis - correct answer✔✔inflammation of the diverticula
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Define: Duodenal Ulcer - correct answer✔✔Breaks in mucosa of
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duodenum
Borborygmi - correct answer✔✔stomach growling / hyperactive
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Protrusion of an organ/structure through weakened areas of ABD wall is
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called? - correct answer✔✔Hernia
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Abnormal findings during ABD inspection? - correct answer✔✔striae,
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hernias, la !Z
