Health Assessment Exam 2 (Ch 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23)
correctly answered to pass graded A+
1. What causes the breast After menopause ovarian secretion of estrogen and proges-
grandular tissue to atrophy? terone decreases-- causing boob to sag
2. Gynecomastia man boobs- common in adolescence. it is temporary
3. Do White women or White Women
African-American
women have a higher
incidence of breast
cancer starting at 45
years of age?
African-American
4. Do White women or
African-American
women have a higher
incidence of breast
cancer before age 45?
5. Mastalgia breast pain that occurs with trauma, inflammation, infection,
and benign breast disease
6. Galactorrhea breast discharge not related to normal breast feeding
milk-- bloody or blood-tinged discharge always is
significant
7. What medications oral contraceptives, phenothiazines, diuretics, digitalis, steroid
cause nipple methyldopa, calcium channel blockers
discharge?
20-39 years of age, every 3 years
8. When should women
have
a clinical breast examination Women after age 40 should get an annual CBE
(CBE) ?
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,Health Assessment Exam 2 (Ch 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23)
correctly answered to pass graded A+
9. What is the best By asking the right history questions
way to detect a
person's risk for
breast cancer?
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,Health Assessment Exam 2 (Ch 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23)
correctly answered to pass graded A+
10. What should the general ap- Symmetry of size and shape. It is common to have a
slight asym- pearance of a normal breast metry in size; often the left breast is slightly
larger than the right look like?
11. What does retraction there are fibrosis in the breast tissue, usually caused by
signs mean? growing neoplasms
12. What is the best way to Vertical strip pattern, start high by axilla and palpate down
de- tect a breast mass?
13. How should
feels firm, smooth, and elastic
nulliparous women's
breast feel like?
14. When is the best time to per- right after the menstrual period (day 4 to 7 of the
cycle), when
form BSE? the breast are smallest and least congested
15. What causes Gynecomastia? occurs with use of anabolic steroids, some medication
cirrhosis
16. Nipple Dimpling Also called skin tether. Cancer causes fibrosis, which contra
the
suspensory ligaments
17. Edema (Peau d'Orange) Lymphatic obstruction produces edema. This thickens the sk
and exaggerates the hair follicles, giving a pigskin or
orange-peel look. This condition suggests cancer
18. Fixation Asymmetry, distortion, or decreased mobility with the
elevated arm maneuver. As cancer becomes more
invasive, the fibrosis fixes the breast to the underlying
pectoral muscles
19. Cancer Solitary, unilateral, nontender mass. Solid, hard, dense, and
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,Health Assessment Exam 2 (Ch 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23)
correctly answered to pass graded A+
fixed to underlying tissues or skin as cancer becomes
invasive. Signs are skin dimpling, nipple retraction, and
discharge
20. Fibroadenoma
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correctly answered to pass graded A+
1. What causes the breast After menopause ovarian secretion of estrogen and proges-
grandular tissue to atrophy? terone decreases-- causing boob to sag
2. Gynecomastia man boobs- common in adolescence. it is temporary
3. Do White women or White Women
African-American
women have a higher
incidence of breast
cancer starting at 45
years of age?
African-American
4. Do White women or
African-American
women have a higher
incidence of breast
cancer before age 45?
5. Mastalgia breast pain that occurs with trauma, inflammation, infection,
and benign breast disease
6. Galactorrhea breast discharge not related to normal breast feeding
milk-- bloody or blood-tinged discharge always is
significant
7. What medications oral contraceptives, phenothiazines, diuretics, digitalis, steroid
cause nipple methyldopa, calcium channel blockers
discharge?
20-39 years of age, every 3 years
8. When should women
have
a clinical breast examination Women after age 40 should get an annual CBE
(CBE) ?
1/
62
,Health Assessment Exam 2 (Ch 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23)
correctly answered to pass graded A+
9. What is the best By asking the right history questions
way to detect a
person's risk for
breast cancer?
2/
62
,Health Assessment Exam 2 (Ch 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23)
correctly answered to pass graded A+
10. What should the general ap- Symmetry of size and shape. It is common to have a
slight asym- pearance of a normal breast metry in size; often the left breast is slightly
larger than the right look like?
11. What does retraction there are fibrosis in the breast tissue, usually caused by
signs mean? growing neoplasms
12. What is the best way to Vertical strip pattern, start high by axilla and palpate down
de- tect a breast mass?
13. How should
feels firm, smooth, and elastic
nulliparous women's
breast feel like?
14. When is the best time to per- right after the menstrual period (day 4 to 7 of the
cycle), when
form BSE? the breast are smallest and least congested
15. What causes Gynecomastia? occurs with use of anabolic steroids, some medication
cirrhosis
16. Nipple Dimpling Also called skin tether. Cancer causes fibrosis, which contra
the
suspensory ligaments
17. Edema (Peau d'Orange) Lymphatic obstruction produces edema. This thickens the sk
and exaggerates the hair follicles, giving a pigskin or
orange-peel look. This condition suggests cancer
18. Fixation Asymmetry, distortion, or decreased mobility with the
elevated arm maneuver. As cancer becomes more
invasive, the fibrosis fixes the breast to the underlying
pectoral muscles
19. Cancer Solitary, unilateral, nontender mass. Solid, hard, dense, and
3/
62
,Health Assessment Exam 2 (Ch 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23)
correctly answered to pass graded A+
fixed to underlying tissues or skin as cancer becomes
invasive. Signs are skin dimpling, nipple retraction, and
discharge
20. Fibroadenoma
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62
