Ch 24 Key Terms

Question 1

evisceration

Answer 1

the protrusion of organs through an open abdominal wound.

Question 2

femoral neck

Answer 2

the portion of the femur that joins the femoral shaft to the ball of the femur.

Question 3

Kehr’s sign

Answer 3

pain in an uninjured shoulder caused by the accumulation of blood beneath the diaphragm; a painful right shoulder indicates a lacerated liver, whereas a painful left shoulder indicates a lacerated spleen.

Question 4

pelvic binder

Answer 4

device that is either purchased commercially or made from a folded sheet and is used to compress the pelvis and control bleeding in a traumatic injury.

Question 5

straddle injury

Answer 5

an injury to the pelvis and the internal organs between the genitals and anus that results when a patient forcefully straddles a fixed object.

Question 6

symphysis pubis

Answer 6

the site on the anterior pelvis at which the two pubic bones are joined together.