Body Habitus

Question 1

Organs:
- heart: moderately transverse
- lungs: moderate length
- diaphragm: moderately high
- stomach: high, upper left
- colon: spread evenly slight dip in the transverse colon
- gallbladder: centered on right side, upper abdomen
Characteristics:
- build: moderately heavy
- abdomen: moderately long
- thorax: moderately short, broad, and deep
- pelvis: relatively small

Answer 1

Sthenic Organs and Characteristics

Question 2

Organs:
- heart: nearly vertical and at midline
- lungs: long, apices above clavicles, may be broader above base
- diaphragm: low
- stomach: low and medial, in the pelvis when standing
- colon: low, folds on itself
- gallbladder: low and nearer the midline
Characteristics:
- build: frail
- abdomen: short
- thorax: long and shallow
- pelvis: wide

Answer 2

Asthenic Organs and Characteristics

Question 3

Organs and characteristics for this habitus are intermediate between sthenic and asthenic body habitus; this habitus is the most difficult to classify

Answer 3

Hyposthenic Organs and Characteristics

Question 4

Organs:
- heart: axis near transverse
- lungs: short, apices at or near clavicles
- diaphragm: high
- stomach: high, transverse and in the middle
- colon: around the periphery
- gallbladder: high, outside, lies more parallel
Characteristics:
- build: massive
- abdomen: long
- thorax: short, broad, deep
- pelvis: narrow

Answer 4

Hypersthenic Organs and Characteristics