Chapter 21: Abdomen Testbank Bates Questions Already Graded A+
1. A nurse is percussing the seventh right intercostal space at the midclavicular line, over the liver. What
sound should she expect to hear?
Answer: Hyperresonance
2. Which abdominal structure is located in the left lower quadr...
Chapter 21: Abdomen Testbank Bates Questions Already Graded A+
1. A nurse is percussing the seventh right intercostal space at the midclavicular line, over the liver. What
sound should she expect to hear?
Answer: Hyperresonance
2. Which abdominal structure is located in the left lower quadrant?
Answer: Sigmoid colon
3. A nurse suspects that a patient has a distended bladder. How should she assess for this condition?
Answer: Percuss and palpate the midline area above the suprapubic bone.
4. A 22-year-old man has fallen off his motorcycle and landed on his left side on the handlebars, possibly
injuring his spleen. What is true regarding assessment of the spleen in this situation?
Answer: The spleen can be enlarged as a result of trauma, and an enlarged spleen should not be
palpated because it can rupture easily.
5. A patient's abdomen appears bulging and stretched. How would you describe this finding?
Answer: Protuberant
6. While examining a patient, you observe abdominal pulsations between the xiphoid and umbilicus.
What would you suspect these are?
Answer: Normal abdominal aortic pulsations
, 7. A new graduate nurse is learning about auscultation of the abdomen. Which statement shows a
correct understanding of why auscultation precedes percussion and palpation?
Answer: "It prevents distortion of vascular sounds such as bruits and hums that might occur after
percussion and palpation."
Here are the rewritten questions in a different order and structure:
What sound should the nurse expect to hear when percussing the seventh right intercostal space at the
midclavicular line?
+ Answer: Hyperresonance
Which abdominal structure is located in the left lower quadrant?
+ Answer: Sigmoid colon
How should a nurse assess for a distended bladder?
+ Answer: Percuss and palpate the midline area above the suprapubic bone
What is true regarding assessment of the spleen if a patient has fallen off their motorcycle?
+ Answer: The spleen can be enlarged as a result of trauma, and an enlarged spleen should not
be palpated because it can rupture easily
How would you describe a patient's abdomen if it appears bulging and stretched?
+ Answer: Protuberant
What do you suspect abdominal pulsations between the xiphoid and umbilicus are?
+ Answer: Normal abdominal aortic pulsations
Why does auscultation precede percussion and palpation of the abdomen?
+ Answer: It prevents distortion of vascular sounds such as bruits and hums that might occur
after percussion and palpation
D ✔️The physician comments that a patient has abdominal borborygmi. The nurse knows that this term
refers to:
A) a loud continuous hum.
B) a peritoneal friction rub.
C) hypoactive bowel sounds.
D) normal bowel sounds.
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