BATES Chapter 11: The Abdomen Complete Solutions
1. What liver dysfunction is indicated by visceral pain in the right upper quadrant (RUQ) and liver
distention?
A) Hepatitis A
B) Alcoholic hepatitis
C) Cirrhosis
D) Hepatitis B
Correct answer: B) Alcoholic hepatitis
2. What does RUQ ...
BATES Chapter 11: The Abdomen Complete Solutions
1. What liver dysfunction is indicated by visceral pain in the right upper quadrant (RUQ) and liver
distention?
A) Hepatitis A
B) Alcoholic hepatitis
C) Cirrhosis
D) Hepatitis B
Correct answer: B) Alcoholic hepatitis
2. What does RUQ and upper abdominal pain typically signify?
A) Cholecystitis
B) Pancreatitis
C) Appendicitis
D) Diverticulitis
Correct answer: A) Cholecystitis
3. What occurs when visceral periumbical pain changes to parietal pain in the right lower quadrant
(RLQ)?
A) Acute appendicitis
B) Cholecystitis
C) Pancreatitis
D) Diverticulitis
Correct answer: A) Acute appendicitis
, 4. What does pain in the RLQ during left-sided pressure suggest?
A) A positive Rovsing's sign or appendicitis
B) A positive Murphy's sign or pancreatitis
C) A negative Rovsing's sign or cholecystitis
D) A negative Murphy's sign or diverticulitis
Correct answer: A) A positive Rovsing's sign or appendicitis
5. What is suggested by a positive psoas sign, which is pain when the patient raises their thigh against
resistance?
A) Irritation of the psoas muscle from an inflamed appendix
B) Irritation of the obturator muscle from an inflamed appendix
C) Irritation of the quadriceps muscle from a Baker's cyst
D) Irritation of the hamstring muscle from a torn ACL
Correct answer: A) Irritation of the psoas muscle from an inflamed appendix
6. What does a positive Murphy's sign, which is a sharp increase in tenderness with sudden stop in
inspiratory effort when hooking the left thumb under the costal margin in RUQ, suggest?
A) Acute cholecystitis
B) Pancreatitis
C) Diverticulitis
D) Appendicitis
Correct answer: A) Acute cholecystitis
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