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Chapter 30: Abdominal and Genitourinary Injuries vocab

Terms in this set (11)

Closed abdominal injury
An injury in which there is soft-tissue damage inside the body but the skin remains intact.
Evisceration
The displacement of organs outside of the body.
Flank
The posterior region below the margin of the lower rib cage.
Guarding
Contracting the stomach muscles to minimize the pain of abdominal movement; a sign of peritonitis.
hematuria
blood in the urine
Hollow organs
Structures through which materials pass, such as the stomach, small intestines, large intestines, ureter, and bladder.
melena
black, tarry stools
Open abdominal injury
An injury in which there is a break in the surface of the skin or mucous, exposing deeper tissue to potential contamination.
Peritoneal cavity
The abdominal cavity.
peritoneum
The membrane lining the abdominal cavity (parietal peritoneum) and covering the abdominal organs (visceral peritoneum).
Solid organs
Solid masses of tissue where much of the chemical work of the body takes place (eg. the liver, spleen, pancreas, and kidneys).
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