NRSG 329 HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
peritoneum - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅membrane that lines the abdominal cavity
Peritoneal Cavity/Peritoneum - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Peritoneal cavity COVERED BY PERITONEUM is
the space between the parietal and the visceral peritoneum
mesentery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Double layer tissue connecting intestines to the abdomen wall
- contains blood vessels and nerves that supply the intestinal wall
Abdomen function - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Digestive function
depends on muscles for support and function
- rectus and transverse rectus, internal and external and obliques
liver characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- right upper quadrant, 2 lobes
- heaviest and largest excretory organ
- highly vascular
Liver functions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Produces bile for digestion
metabolizes carbs, proteins, fats, and drugs
detoxifies harmful chemicals
produces clotting factors
Changes in labs: Liver - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AST: rises with liver damage (acetaminophen, tequila)
ALT: hep, infection, cancer, cirrhosis
Ammonia: proteins, converted to urea and excreted by kidneys
Bilirubin: byproduct of RBC turnover increase= yellow pigmentation= jaundice
, Gallbladder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Under liver, Right upper quadrant
Function: collects, stores, and transports bile in the GI tract for aid in digestion. Bile helps digest fats
gallbladder test - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Ultrasound
- HIDA scan: nuclear medicine, radioactive tracer injected via IV, travels through blood stream and into
gallbladder, liver, bile ducts and small intestine
Pancreas - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Behind stomach, connected to liver and gallbaldder
pancreas function - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- secretes insulin
- releases pancreatic juices that break down sugars, fats, and starches
- insulin production
Stomach - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- muscular, sac like organ
- aids in gradual digestion of food
- size of an adult fist
- hydrochloric acid digests food
Diagnostics: EGD
Spleen - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left upper quadrant protected by the ribcage
- largest lymph organ: major function in immune system
- filters blood
- manufactures lymphocytes, monocytes, and macrophages
- stores erythrocytes and platelets
Small intestine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅21 ft tube
centeral and lower part of the abdomin
- duodenum, jejunum, ileum
- meets the large intestine at the ileocecal valve
ANSWERS
peritoneum - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅membrane that lines the abdominal cavity
Peritoneal Cavity/Peritoneum - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Peritoneal cavity COVERED BY PERITONEUM is
the space between the parietal and the visceral peritoneum
mesentery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Double layer tissue connecting intestines to the abdomen wall
- contains blood vessels and nerves that supply the intestinal wall
Abdomen function - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Digestive function
depends on muscles for support and function
- rectus and transverse rectus, internal and external and obliques
liver characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- right upper quadrant, 2 lobes
- heaviest and largest excretory organ
- highly vascular
Liver functions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Produces bile for digestion
metabolizes carbs, proteins, fats, and drugs
detoxifies harmful chemicals
produces clotting factors
Changes in labs: Liver - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AST: rises with liver damage (acetaminophen, tequila)
ALT: hep, infection, cancer, cirrhosis
Ammonia: proteins, converted to urea and excreted by kidneys
Bilirubin: byproduct of RBC turnover increase= yellow pigmentation= jaundice
, Gallbladder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Under liver, Right upper quadrant
Function: collects, stores, and transports bile in the GI tract for aid in digestion. Bile helps digest fats
gallbladder test - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Ultrasound
- HIDA scan: nuclear medicine, radioactive tracer injected via IV, travels through blood stream and into
gallbladder, liver, bile ducts and small intestine
Pancreas - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Behind stomach, connected to liver and gallbaldder
pancreas function - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- secretes insulin
- releases pancreatic juices that break down sugars, fats, and starches
- insulin production
Stomach - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- muscular, sac like organ
- aids in gradual digestion of food
- size of an adult fist
- hydrochloric acid digests food
Diagnostics: EGD
Spleen - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Left upper quadrant protected by the ribcage
- largest lymph organ: major function in immune system
- filters blood
- manufactures lymphocytes, monocytes, and macrophages
- stores erythrocytes and platelets
Small intestine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅21 ft tube
centeral and lower part of the abdomin
- duodenum, jejunum, ileum
- meets the large intestine at the ileocecal valve
