Hazzard Ch8 VIII

Question 1

What are physical methods that are applied to the abdomen?

Answer 1

Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation

Question 2

What does inspection reveal?

Answer 2

Enlargement due to gas or fluid, tumor, muscular contraction

Question 3

What does Palpation reveal?

Answer 3

Change in temperature; tumors, superficial or deep, fluid or solid; tenseness or flabbiness of the abdominal walls; enlargements and displacements of organs

Question 4

What does Percussion reveal?

Answer 4

reveals the limits of organs, presence of tumors, fluids or gases, etc.

Question 5

What does Auscultation reveal?

Answer 5

Gurgling of gases, fetal sounds, lubrication of the bowel

Question 6

A marked pulsation of the abdominal aorta is common in ?

Answer 6

Nervous people, but generally indicates liver, stomach, or intestinal congestions.