Stomach, Liver, Gallbladder Flashcards
Most fixed portion of the intestine
Duodenum
Right upper quadrant
Pain here is suggestive of abnormality in:
Liver
Gall bladder
*You can’t palpate the spleen
Gall bladder
Tip of Fundus is the angle formed by the rectus abdominis and the 9thcostal cartilage
Pain radiates to shoulder, scapular area
If there is pancreatic tumor
Color of the person: Jaundice
No color of the feces: Acholic
Appendicitis
Found in the lower quadrant (not only, do the rectal exam) and palpate)
Compensatory gait
Pain in the lower quadrant
Ovaries in women
Pain the epigastric
Stomach
Pain the umbilicus
Intestine
Spleen
Can’t be palpated
If can be palpated, it is the notch
Normal is ribs 9-11
Duct of Wirsung
Main pancreatic duct
Minor pancreatic duct
Duct of Santorini
Most fixed portion of the intestine (sessile)
Duodenum
Difference between the proximal jejunum and distal ileum
PJ:
Less fat in its mesentary, windows present
Circularis something: well-developed
Redder
More vascular
DI: Mesentary fat, fat-laden and thick, windows absent Circularis something: absent, small Paler Less vascular