HLSC 2416 Health Assessment- AARP
ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
those that maintain a characteristic shape - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅solid viscera
Which organs are solid viscera? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-liver
-pancreas
-spleen
-adrenal glands
-kidneys
-ovaries
-uterus
shape of ________________ depends on the contents - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅hollow
viscera
What organs are hollow viscera? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-stomach
-gallbladder
-small intestine
-colon
-bladder
hollow viscera organs are... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅not palpable, although you may
feel a colon distended with feces or a bladder distended with urine
How is the abdominal cavity divided? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅4 quadrants (RUQ,
LUQ, RLQ, LLQ)
midline organs of the abdominal cavity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-aorta
, -uterus if enlarged
-bladder if distended
What is in the right upper quadrant? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅liver, gallbladder,
duodenum, head of pancreas, right kidney and adrenal, hepatic flexure of colon, part of
ascending and transverse colon
What is in the left upper quadrant? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅stomach, spleen, left lobe
of liver, body of pancreas, left kidney and adrenal, splenic flexure of colon, part of transverse
and descending colon
What is in the left lower quadrant? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Part of descending colon
Sigmoid colon
Left ovary and tube
Left ureter
Left spermatic cord
What is in the right lower quadrant? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅cecum, appendix, right
ovary and tube, right ureter, right spermatic cord
What is in the hypogastric area? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅midline aorta, uterus (if
enlarged), bladder (if distended)
The aorta is in the left midline in upper part of abdomen. It bifurcates into the
______________________ opposite the 4th lumbar vertebra. Becomes the
_________________ and are palpated in the groin area - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅right
and left common iliac arteries; femoral arteries
3 divisions of the abdominal cavity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅epigastric
umbilical
hypogastric
Subjective data - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-apetite
ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
those that maintain a characteristic shape - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅solid viscera
Which organs are solid viscera? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-liver
-pancreas
-spleen
-adrenal glands
-kidneys
-ovaries
-uterus
shape of ________________ depends on the contents - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅hollow
viscera
What organs are hollow viscera? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-stomach
-gallbladder
-small intestine
-colon
-bladder
hollow viscera organs are... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅not palpable, although you may
feel a colon distended with feces or a bladder distended with urine
How is the abdominal cavity divided? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅4 quadrants (RUQ,
LUQ, RLQ, LLQ)
midline organs of the abdominal cavity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-aorta
, -uterus if enlarged
-bladder if distended
What is in the right upper quadrant? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅liver, gallbladder,
duodenum, head of pancreas, right kidney and adrenal, hepatic flexure of colon, part of
ascending and transverse colon
What is in the left upper quadrant? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅stomach, spleen, left lobe
of liver, body of pancreas, left kidney and adrenal, splenic flexure of colon, part of transverse
and descending colon
What is in the left lower quadrant? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Part of descending colon
Sigmoid colon
Left ovary and tube
Left ureter
Left spermatic cord
What is in the right lower quadrant? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅cecum, appendix, right
ovary and tube, right ureter, right spermatic cord
What is in the hypogastric area? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅midline aorta, uterus (if
enlarged), bladder (if distended)
The aorta is in the left midline in upper part of abdomen. It bifurcates into the
______________________ opposite the 4th lumbar vertebra. Becomes the
_________________ and are palpated in the groin area - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅right
and left common iliac arteries; femoral arteries
3 divisions of the abdominal cavity - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅epigastric
umbilical
hypogastric
Subjective data - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅-apetite
