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What should you never do with a patient in abdominal discomfort?
NEVER GIVE ANYTHING BY MOUTH
The presence of a pulsating mass on the abdomen is a sign of?
ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
Is a voluntary or involuntary attempt to protect the abdomen and prevent further pain?
GUARDING
What do you want to look for when inspecting the abdomen?
DISTENTION, BLOATING, DISCOLORATION, ABNORMAL PROTRUSIONS
Most abdominal structures or organs do not have the ability to detect tearing sensations. The exception is?
THE AORTA
Is not the most common type of abdominal pain?
TEARING PAIN
Parietal pain is also referred to as?
PERITONEAL TENDERNESS
Pain originating from this area can be easier to locate?
PARIETAL PAIN
Pain that is described as intermittent, crampy, or colicky often comes from?
HOLLOW ORGANS
Pain that is dull and persistent often originates from?
SOLID ORGANS
This type of pain is described as dull, achy, or intermittent and may be diffuse, or difficult to locate?
VISCERAL PAIN
Pain that is felt in a location other than where the pain originates?
REFERRED PAIN
Sharp pain that feels as if body tissues are being torn apart?
TEARING PAIN
A localized, intense pain that arises from the parietal peritoneum, the lining of the abdominal cavity?
PARIETAL PAIN
A poorly localized, dull or diffuse pain that arises from the abdominal organs, or viscera?
VISCERAL PAIN
The area outside of the peritoneum, between the abdomen and the back?
RETROPERITONEAL SPACE
The membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the organs within it?
PERITONEUM
Collects urine from kidneys prior to excretion?
BLADDER
Filter and excrete waste. Regulate water, blood, and electrolyte levels. Assist liver with detoxification?
KIDNEYS
Releases enzymes that assist in breaking down food in the small intestine into absorbable molecules. Also secretes hormones into the blood that regulate blood sugar levels?
PANCREAS
Removes abnormal blood cells and is involved in the immune response?
SPLEEN
Stores bile before release into the intestine?
GALLBLADDER
Involved in regulating levels of carbohydrate and other substances in the blood. Involved in bile secretion for digestion of fats. Many other functions including detoxification of the blood?
LIVER
A dead-ended sac of bowel rich in lymphatic tissue with no function in digestion. May become infected causing pain and requiring surgery?
APPENDIX
Absorbs fluid from contents, creating fecal waste for excretion through the rectum and anus?
LARGE INTESTINE
Consisting of the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, the small intestine takes stomach contents, removing nutrients as it passes contents to the large intestines?
SMALL INTESTINE
An expandable organ located below the diaphragm and connected to the esophagus and small intestine. Begins breakdown of foods?
STOMACH
Carries food from the mouth and pharynx to the stomach?
ESOPHAGUS
The area below the diaphragm and above the pelvis?
THE ABDOMEN
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