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Flashcards: PE: Abdomen

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linea albaa tendinous seam which forms the midline and connects the four large, flat muscles of the abdominal wall
right upper quadrantliver, gallbladder, duodenum, head of pancreas, right kidney and adrenal gland, hepatic flexure of colon, part of ascending and transverse colon
right lower quadrantcecum, appendix, right ovary and tube, right ureter, and right spermatic cord
left upper quadrantstomach, spleen, left lobe of liver, bady of pancreas, left kidney and adrenal, splenic flexure of colon, part of transverse and descending colon
left lower quadrantpart of descending colon, sigmoid colon, left ovary and tube, left ureter, and left spermatic cord
midlineaorta, uterus (if enlarged), bladder (if destended)
striaesilvery, white, linear jagged marks. created when elastic fibers in the reticular layer of the skin are broken following rapid or prolonged stretching.
hepatomegalyan enlarged liver
costovertebral anglefound over the 12th rib on the back. place hand here, then thump it with the ulnar surface of your other hand. a thump should be felt but no pain.
fluid wave testtest for ascities, abnormal fluid build-up, fluid space, can have a waterbed effect.