Abdominal Exams Signs
Body Positions B
Common Diseases
Directional Planes
100
pain upon palpation of the RLQ. If positive, this indicates appendicitis.

What is McBurney's point/sign?

100
Patient lying on stomach.
What is prone
100

inflammation of the pancreas

What is pancreatitis?

100
This plane separates the body into equal left and right halves.
What is sagittal plane
200

bruising around the bellybutton indicates panreatitis

What is Cullen's sign?
200
patient lies on left side, with left arm behind the back, left knee slightly bent and right knee if flexed.
What is Sim's position.
200

Regardless of cause, this is inflammation of the liver

What is hepatitis? 

200
Horizontal plane; divides the body into top and bottom.
What is transverse plane
300

assessed by having the patient lie supine and placing your hand just above the knee. Ask the patient to lift the right leg against the resistance of your hand. If positive, this indicates appendicitis

What is Psoas sign?

300
Patient sitting at 90 degree angle.
What is Fowler's.
300

Inflammation of the gallbladder

What is cholecystitis?

300
Divides the body into front and back portions.
What is frontal plane
400

palpate the RUQ, place 2-3 fingers beneath the ribs, and ask the patient to take a deep breath in. As the diaphragm relaxes, the inflamed bladder catches your fingers. If positive, indicates cholecystitis 

What is Murphy's sign?

400
Patient lies supine with head lower than trunk and knees straight
What is Trendelenburg
400

small bulging pouches that can form in the lining of your digestive system. However, one or more of the pouches become inflamed or infected

What is diverticulitis? 

400
What is another term for frontal plane?
What is coronal plane
500

pain referred to the left shoulder upon gentle palpation of the LUQ. Patient is lying down with legs elevated. If positive, indicates ruptured spleen

What is Kehr's sign?

500
Another term for Sim's position.
What is left lateral.
500

chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects the lining of the digestive tract

What is Crohn's Disease?

500
Another term for sagittal plane?
What is midsagittal plane.
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