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| midline "seam" that connects muscles of the ventral abdominal walls |
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strip extending the length of the midline, and its edge is often palpable. The muscles protect and hold the organs in place, and they flex the vertebral column.
AKA your "Abs" |
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| hose that maintain a characteristic shape (liver, pancreas, spleen, adrenal glands, kidneys, ovaries, and uterus) |
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| (stomach, gallbladder, small intestine, colon, and bladder) |
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| The twelfth rib forms an angle with the vertebral column, |
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| at the eleventh and twelfth ribs./costovertebral angle. |
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| RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT organs |
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Liver
Gallbladder
Duodenum
Head of pancreas
Right kidney and adrenal
Hepatic flexure of colon
Part of ascending and transverse colon |
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| LEFT UPPER QUADRANT (LUQ)organs |
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Stomach
Spleen
Left lobe of liver
Body of pancreas
Left kidney and adrenal
Splenic flexure of colon
Part of transverse and descending colon |
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| right lower quadrant organs |
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Cecum
Appendix
Right ovary and tube
Right ureter
Right spermatic cord |
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| LEFT LOWER QUADRANT (LLQ)organs |
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Part of descending colon
Sigmoid colon
Left ovary and tube
Left ureter
Left spermatic cord |
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Aorta
Uterus (if enlarged)
Bladder (if distended) |
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| epigastric, umbilical, hypogastric/suprapubic |
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| when laying supine, the abdomen will appear to curve in between ribs and hips (like a starving person) |
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| when laying supine, the abdomen will appear to still be distended higher than what a normal range should be. (like a pregnant woman) |
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| Inspection. Single curve. Everted umbilicus. Bulging flanks when supine. Taut, glistening skin; recent weight gain; increase in abdominal girth. |
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Ascites is excess fluid in the space between the tissues lining the abdomen and abdominal organs (the peritoneal cavity).
A person with ascites usually has severe liver disease. |
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| A hernia is usually a sac formed by the lining of the abdominal cavity (peritoneum). The sac comes through a hole or weak area in the fascia, the strong layer of the abdominal wall that surrounds the muscle. |
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stretch marks!
hey occur when elastic fibers in the reticular layer of the skin are broken after rapid or prolonged stretching, as in pregnancy or excessive weight gain. |
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| are loud, high-pitched, rushing, tinkling sounds that signal increased motility. |
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| Hypoactive or absent sounds |
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| follow abdominal surgery or with inflammation of the peritoneum |
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| How to auscultate sounds.. which order of quadrants. |
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| s the term for the unusual sound that blood makes when it rushes past an obstruction (called turbulent flow) in an artery when the sound is auscultated with the bell portion of a stethoscope. |
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| Using firmer pressure with your stethoscope, check over the aorta, renal arteries, iliac, and femoral arteries, especially in people with hypertension to listen for |
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| bruit abdominal sound locations |
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| aorta, left renal artery, illiac artery, femoral artery |
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| 4 things to look for while palpating the abdomen |
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Muscle guarding.
Rigidity.
Large masses.
Tenderness. |
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| order of inspection for abdomen |
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| inspect, auscultation, percuss, palpate |
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| why is the abdomen inspection order different than regular inspections? |
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| because palpation can increase peristalsis |
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| abdomen dullness while percussing occurs |
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| over a distended bladder, adipose tissue, fluid, or a mass. |
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| abdominal Hyperresonance while percussing is present when |
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| Hyperresonance is present with gaseous distention. |
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| Begin in the area of lung resonance, and percuss down the left side interspaces until the sound changes to a dull quality to find the liver.. this is generally at which space |
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| audible hyperactive intestinal peristalis |
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| impacted mass of feces in colon |
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| groove on the surface of an organ |
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| abnormal passage or connection between 2 organs |
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| inflammation of stomach and intestines |
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| coughing up blood tinged sputum |
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| visible bleeding in bowel movement |
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| changes in the abdomen for the elderly |
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increased deposits of fat on abdomen and hips and less on extremeties.
abdominal muscles are thinner than younger patients.
abdominal organs easier to palpate because of thinner abs.
kidney is about 1-2cm below costal margin when inhaling and kidneys are easier to palpate. |
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| The main reason auscultation precedes percussion and palpation of the abdomen is: |
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| d. to prevent distortion of bowel sounds that might occur after percussion and palpation. |
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| Which structure is located in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen? |
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| When inspecting the anterior chest you should assess for: |
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| The shape and configuration of the chest wall. |
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| An abdomen that is bulging and stretched in appearance is described as: |
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