GI system

Question 1

Inspection of the abdomen with tangential light

Answer 1

note surface characteristics

Question 2

note surface characteristics

Answer 2

skin color, lesions, scars, symmetry, contour, surface motion

Question 3

note surface motion

Answer 3

from respiration, peristalsis, or ortic pulsations

Question 3

auscultate in the appropriate location in 4 quadrants and umbilicus

Answer 3

normal bowel sounds and frequency

Question 3

auscultate appropriate areas over liver and spleen

Answer 3

friction rubs

Question 3

auscultate in the appropriate location by abdominal aorta, renal, iliac, femoral arteries

Answer 3

bruits

Question 4

auscultate appropriate location over epigastric area and umbilicus

Answer 4

venous hums

Question 5

percuss appropriate locations across 4 quadrants

Answer 5

scattered tympani and dullness

Question 6

percuss over gastric region and the bowel region

Answer 6

tympani - over gastic bubble and air filled bowel

dullness - over solid masses

Question 7

palpation of abdomen (light palpation)

Answer 7

muscle resistence, tenderness, guarding, masses

Question 8

palpation of abdomen (deep)

Answer 8

muscle resistance, tenderness, guarding, masses

Question 9

periumbilical and umbilical ring

Answer 9

bulges or masses

Question 10

with kidney seated, percuss the costovertebral angles

Answer 10

kidney tenderness