Abdominal Examination UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Abdominal Examination UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
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What does a physical exam of the abdomen consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER- 1)
Inspection
2) Auscultation
3) Percussion
4) Palpation
This structure is soft an difficult to feel through the abdominal wall - CORRECT
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Abdominal Examination UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What does a physical exam of the abdomen consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1)
Inspection
2) Auscultation
3) Percussion
4) Palpation
This structure is soft an difficult to feel through the abdominal wall - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- The liver
This structure rests on the inferior surface of the liver and more deeply lying duodenum -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The gallbladder
This structure may be felt in a thin person with abdominal muscles relaxed - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- The right kidney
This structure often times has a visible pulsation in the upper abdomen - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- The abdominal aorta
What structures are in the RUQ? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1) Liver
2) Gall Bladder
3) Pylorus
4) Duodenum
5) Head of Pancreas
6) Right adrenal gland
7) Superior Aspect of Right Kidney
8) Hepatic Flexure of ascending colon
9) Portions of ascending and transverse colon
,Where is the Spleen? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - The "spleen" is lateral to and behind the
"stomach" just above the "left kidney" in the L MAL
What ribs protect most of the spleen? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ribs 9-10-11. The tip of
the spleen may be palpable below the left costal margin in a small percentage of adults
Is the pancreas palpable in healthy adults? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- No
What are the organs of LUQ? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1) Left lobe of the liver
2) Spleen
3) Stomach, body of pancreas
4) Left arena gland and upper aspect of left kidney
5) Splenic flexure of colon
6) Portion of transverse and descending colon
What is palpable in the LLQ? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Can often feel the firm narrow
tubular sigmoid colon
- Portions of the transverse and descending colon
- In the lower mid line are the bladder, the sacral promontory the bony anterior edge of the S1
vertebra, and in women the uterus and ovaries
What are the organs of the LLQ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1) Lower lobe of left kidney
2) Sigmoid colon
3) portion of descending colon
4) Left Ureter (bladder if distended)
5) Left overt and tube (uterus if enlarged)
, Where are the bowel loops and the appendix at the tail of the cecum near the junction of the
small and large intestines? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- RLQ
What are the organs of the RLQ? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1) Lower pole of right kidney
2) Cecum and appendix
3) Portion of ascending colon
4) Right ovary and tube (uterus if enlarged)
5) Right ureter (bladder if distended)
Where might a distended bladder be palpable? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Above the
symphysis pubis
How much urine is accommodated before smooth muscle and detrusor muscle are stimulated
to contract? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- about 300 ml
Are the kidneys easy to palpate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- no
What is the angle formed by the lower border of the 12th rib and the transverse processes of
the upper lumbar vertebrae - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The Costovertebral angle (CVA)
What is the area to test for kidney tenderness? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The CVA
What does flexing the knees during examination do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Helps
relax tension on the abdominal muscles
Positioning the patient supine with arms at sides exposes the entire abdomen from________
to the _____________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- xyphoid to suprapubic area
What side should you stand at? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the patients right side
What can the patient do to assist in evaluation? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Point to any
areas of tenderness
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