Health Assessment

Continues the breakdown of carbohydrates when they enter the stomach.

What does pepsin breakdown in the stomach?

What are proteins converted to in the stomach?
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Gastric lipase converts triglycerides in the stomach to _______ and _______.

What is the usual pH range of the stomach?

Name the 5 parts of the large intestine.

What is absorbed in the large intestine?
(2)

What organ is bile produced and secreted from?

Glucose is stored as _______ in the liver.

Albumin and globulin are synthesized in which organ?

What 2 minerals are stored in the liver?

Name the vitamins the liver is known for storing.

What body part concentrates and stores bile?

What gives feces its brown color?

Which 2 ducts form the common bile duct?

This gland has both endocrine and exocrine functions.

Name the 3 endocrine secretions from the pancreas.

The endocrine secretions from the pancreas are used for ______ metabolism.

The exocrine secretions of the pancreas contain _______ and _______.

What are the exocrine secretions of the pancreas used for?

The spleen is made up of what 2 systems?

The spleen is used to store 1-2% of _______ and _______.

The spleen is the site of activation for ____ and ____.

The spleen produces _________ when there is bone marrow depression.

The kidney secretes _________ to stimulate RBC production.

What part of the kidney regulates fluid and electrolyte balance?

Which gender is more likely to develop most GI cancers?

Which race is more likely to be diagnosed with Esophageal cancer?

Which race is more likely to be diagnosed with Stomach cancer?

Which ethnicity is more likely to develop Colon cancer?

Which race is more likely to develop Bladder cancer?

Patients with ________ may be observed sitting in the knee-chest position

In what position might a patient with perotinitis or appendicitis be observed?

Patients with colicky, gallstones, and urethral stones may be observed doing what?

When inspecting the abdomen for skin color, surface characteristics, contour, and surface movements, at what angle should you direct the light?

_______ is an indicator of elevated serum bilirubin levels.

Bruises may be an indicator of trauma or ________.

How do you check for a sudden bulge in the client's abdomen?

A bulge in the abdomen when coughing can be indicative of _________.

Abdominal distention results from the "seven Fs." Name them.

If you see an area of abdominal pulsation, should you massage it or not, and why?

Clients with a ________ have stools that are of a thick liquid consistency.

Clients with a _______ have mushy stools.

Stools are more solid in a patient with a ________ colostomy.

Audible sounds produced by hyperactive peristalsis.

Which part of the stethescope is used for ausultation of bowel sounds?

Which part of the stethescope is used for auscultating the abdomen for arterial and venous vascular sounds?

Ausculate over the renal, iliac, aorta, and femoral arteries to check for _______.

Bruits are indicative of turbulent blood flow caused by _____________.

When palpating the abdomen, press ___ to ___ cm.

_______ is the most common percussion tone heard and is due to the presence of _____.

People with Type A blood are most likely to be diagnosed with this cancer.

Mono affects which organ?

What is albumin?

What does bile do?

Name a job of the spleen.