III Flashcards
General physical body appearance
BODY HABITUS
Classification of the four general shapes of the trunk
STHENIC
ASTHENIC
HYPOSTHENIC
HYPERSTHENIC
studied the primary classifications of body habitus
Mills
Characteristics
Heart: moderately transverse
Lungs: moderate length
Diaphragm: moderately high
Stomach: High, upper left
Colon: spread evenly: slight dip in transverse colon
Gallbladder: centered on right side, upper abdomen
Build: moderately heavy
Abdomen: moderately long
Thorax: moderately
short, broad, and deep
Pelvis: relatively small
Sthenic
What percentage of the population are sthenic?
50%
Characteristics
Heart: nearly vertical and at midline
Lungs: long, apices above clavicles, maybe broader above base
Diaphragm: low
Stomach: low and medial,
in the pelvis when standing
Colon: low, fold on itself
Gallbladder: low and nearer the midline
Build: frail
Abdomen: short
Thorax: long, shallow
Pelvis: wide
Asthenic
What percentage of the population are asthenic?
10%
The organs and
characteristics for this
habitus are intermediate
between the STHENIC and
ASTHENIC body habitus
types.
CHARACTERISTICS
This habitus is the most
difficult to classify.
Hyposthenic
What percentage of the population are hyposthenic?
35%
CHARACTERISTICS
Build: massive
Abdomen: long
Thorax: short, broad, deep
Pelvis: narrow
Heart: axis nearly
transverse
Lungs: short, apices at or
near clavicles
Diaphragm: high
Stomach: high, transverse and in the middle
Colon: around periphery of abdomen
Gallbladder: high, outside, lies more parallel
Hypersthenic
What percentage of the population are hypersthenic?
5%
Contraction waves by which the digestive tube propels its contents toward the anus
PERISTALSIS
