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| is a large oval cavity extending from the diaphragm dwon to the brim of the pelvis. it boardered in back by the vertebral column and paravertebral muscles. and at the sides and front by the lower rib cage and abdominal muscles. |
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| all the internal organs are this |
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| organs that maintain a characteristic shape- liver pancreas, spleen, adrenal glands, kidneys, ovaries. |
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| includes stomach, gallbladder, small intestine, colon, and bladder. usually are not palpable, although you may feel a colon distended with feces or a bladder distended with urine. |
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| fills most of the right upper quadrant and extends over the left midclavicular line. |
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| a soft mass of lymphatic tissue on the posterolateral wall of the abdominal cavity,immediately under the diaphragm.width extends from the ninth to the elventh rib about 7cm |
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| just to the left of midline in the upper part of the abdomen. it descends behind the peritoneum and at 2cm belwo the umbilicus, it bifurcates into the right and left common iliac ateries. |
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| a soft, lobulated gland located behind the stomach. stretches obliquely across the posterior abdominal wall to the left upper quadrant |
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| poserior to the abdominal contents. well protected by the posterior ribs and musculature. lie at the 12th and 13th rib |
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| Organs in right upper quadrant |
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| what quadrant: liver, gallbladder duodenum, right kidney, hepatic flexure of colon, head of pancreas, part of ascending and transverse colon |
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| what quadrant: stomach, spleen, left lobe of liver,body of pancreas, left kidney and adrenal |
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| what quadrant: Cecum, appendix, right ovary and tube, right ureter, right spermatic cord |
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| part of descending colon sigmoid colon, left ovary and tube, left ureter, left spermatic cord |
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| subjective data for patient |
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| appetite, dysphagia, food intolerance, abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting, bowel habits |
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| contour, symmetry, umbilicus, skin, pulsation or movement, hair distribution |
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| assess this when the person reports abdominal pain or when you elict tenderness during palpation. a normal or negative response is no pain on release of pressure. |
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| normally palpating the liver causes no pain.ask person to take a deep breath a normal response is to complete the deep breath without pain. |
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| preform this test when the acute abdominal pain of appendicitis is suspected |
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