Abdominal Exam

Question 1

what is the correct abdominal exam order

Answer 1

inspection
auscultation
percussion
palpation

Question 2

what quadrant: liver, gallbladder, pylorus, duodenum, head of pancreas, RT kidney, ascending and transverse colon

Answer 2

RUQ

Question 3

what quadrant: stomach, spleen, left lobe of liver, body of pancreas, LT kidney, transverse and descending colon

Answer 3

LUQ

Question 4

what quadrant: cecum, appendix, ascending colon, RT ovary, RT ureter

Answer 4

RLQ

Question 5

what quadrant: sigmoid colon, descending colon, LT ovary, LT ureter

Answer 5

LLQ

Question 6

part of the stomach passes through the esophageal hiatus in the diaphragm into the chest cavity

Answer 6

hiatal hernia with esophagitits

Question 7

chronic circumscribed break in the duodenal mucosa that scars with healing

Answer 7

duodenal ulcer

Question 8

chronic inflammatory disorder that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract, producing ulceration, fibrosis, and malabsorption
(ileum and colon most common)

Answer 8

crohn’s disease

Question 9

saclike mucosal out pouching through colonic muscle

Answer 9

diverticular disease

Question 10

symptoms: began periumbilical or epigastric and migrate to the RLQ

Answer 10

appendicitis

Question 11

stone formation in the gallbladder occurs when certain substances reach a high concentration in bile and produce crystals

Answer 11

cholelithiasis