Health Assessment Module I Vocabulary
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| abdominal regions | epigastric, umbilical, suprapubic, quadrants
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| epigastric | area between the costal margins
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| umbilical | area around the umbilicus
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| suprapubic | pelvic; area above the pubic bone
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| quadrants | right lower, right upper, left upper, left lower
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| bowel sounds | audible passage of air and fluid that normal intestinal contractions (peristalsis) creates
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| ascites | an abnormal accumulation of fluid within the abdomen
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| hernias | protrusion of the bdominal viscera through abnormal opening in the muscle wall
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| distention | the state of being distended, enlarged, swollen from internal pressure
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| concave | sunken in
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| peristalsis | successive waves of involuntary contraction passing along the walls of a hollow muscular structure and forcing the contents onward
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| flatus | marked by or affected with gases generated in the intestine or stomach
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| costovertebral angle tenderness (CVA) | percussion of the area of the back overlying the kidney producing pain in people with an infection
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| guarding | tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs within the abdomen from the pain of pressure upon them
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| rigidity | state of stiffness of your stomach muscles that worsens when you touch your abdomen
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| tympany | a hollow drum-like sound that is produced when a gas-containing cavity is tapped sharply
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| ileus | listening to the abdomen with a stethoscope, few or no bowel sounds are heard
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| convex | rounded
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| abdominal girth | the measurement of the distance around the abdomen at a specific point
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| rebound tenderness | clinical sign that is elicited during physical examination of a patient's abdomen by a doctor or other health care provider
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| borborygmi | rumbling sounds caused by gas moving through the intestines, commonly referred to as stomach "growling").
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