NUR 216 Exam 3 ABDOMEN
Assessing the abdomen technique order - Answer- Inspection
Auscultation
Percussion
Palpation
Primary function of the andomen - Answer- -Ingestion & digestion of foods
-absorption of nutrients
-elimination of watse product
RUQ contains - Answer- Liver
gallbl...
NUR 216 Exam 3 ABDOMEN
Assessing the abdomen technique order - Answer- Inspection
Auscultation
Percussion
Palpation
Primary function of the andomen - Answer- -Ingestion & digestion of foods
-absorption of nutrients
-elimination of watse product
RUQ contains - Answer- Liver
gallbladder
Ascending/transverse colon
Head of pancreas
Right kidney/adrenal gland
LUQ contains - Answer- stomach
left kidney
spleen
Transverse/descending colon
pancreas body
RLQ contains - Answer- cecum
appendix
right ovary and tube
right ureter
right spermatic cord
Ascending colon
LLQ contains - Answer- Descending colon
Sigmoid colon
Left ovary
Left ureter
Left spermatic cord
What area of the stomach is this - Answer- Epigastric
What area of the stomach is this - Answer- Umbilical
What area of the stomach is this - Answer- Hypogastric
right hypochondriac region - Answer- Right lower lobe of the liver
Gallbladder
Top portion of kidney
Part of duodenum
, epigastric region - Answer- Aorta
Pancreas
Pyloric end of stomach
left hypochondriac region - Answer- Stomach
Top portion of kidney
Spleen
Right lumbar region - Answer- Ascending colon
Umbulical region - Answer- Omentum
Mesentery
Lower part of the duodenum
Left lumbar region - Answer- Descending colon and kidney
right inguinal region - Answer- Cecum
Appendix
Right ureter
Ovary
Right spermatic cord
Hypogastric region - Answer- Illeum
Bladder
Uterus
Left inguinal region - Answer- Sigmoid colon
Left ureter and ovary
Left spermatic cord
What is the heavest and largest excretory organ? - Answer- The liver is the heaviest
and largest excretory organ in the body
Role of the Liver - Answer- -Metabolizing carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and drugs
-Producing bile
-detoxifying harmful chemicals
-producing clotting factors
Yellowing of the skin and sclera - Answer- Jaundice
________ occupies almost the entire right upper quadrant directly below the
diaphram and consists of two main lobes - Answer- Liver
Gallbladder release what? Which help digest? - Answer- Releases bile which helps
digest fats
_______ is a pear-shpaed organ that lies under the liver - Answer- Gallbladder
pancreas function - Answer- Secretes insulin and exocrine function to release
pancreatic juice
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