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What nerves in the anterolateral abdomen wall could be injured due to surgical incisions and if injured can cause muscle weakeness an d in the ingunial region may predispose an ind to having or developing an inguinal hernia.
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The inferior thoraci spinal nerves (t7-t12) and iliohypogastric and inguinal nerves? where are these nerves found?
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In a pt that has undescended testis what are they at great risk for, this is also known as cyrptochordism, what is it it they are greatly at risk for?
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Increased risk of developing malignancy in the undescended testis and not usually palpable.
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Baby is born and is diagnosed with erythroblastosis or hemolytic anemia and needs a tranfusion, what vein can be used.
Now think about a vein that once connected them to their mother, which is only patent for some time after birth and it also forms the ound ligamnent of the placenta
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Umbilical vein
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Pt comes in to er with a protrusion of the small intestine through the parietal peritoneum and viscera, what would the diagnosis be for this pt
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Direct hernia? Why? because direct hernia's are acquired. p. 212
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Contraction of the cremaster muscle is elicited by lightly storking the skin on the medial aspect of the sup thigh, what is the nerve that innervates this area?
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Illioinguinal nerve
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If a 3 year old pt has undescended testis,what can be done in order to get the testes to descend?
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Cremasteric reflex
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Pt comes in with the prescence of excess fulid in their processus vaginalis, what may this be and what is it associated with
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Hydrocele and associated with an indirect hernia
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Pt comes in with inflammation of the peritoneum
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Peritonitis
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Pt comes into ER with bloated stomach and excess fluid in the peritoneal cavity, can be due to starvation, mechanical injury, hypertension, cancer in abdominal viscera
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Ascites
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What procedure would a doctor do to drain fluid from the abdominal wall
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Paracentesis
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What artery must be ligated or clamped during cholecystesctomy, which is removal of the gall bladder.
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Cystic artery
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Waht organ is the most frequently injured organ in the body even if it's well protected by the 9th -12th ribs, it is usually injured when there is a marked increase in intra abdominal pressure
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This would be the spleen
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What structure int the posterior wall can be injured from a sudden severe, forceful compression of the bdomen, such as impingement on a sterring wheel in an auto accidement
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Pancreas, ketchups' fav
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Pt comes into ER with right upper quadrant pain due to a rbi fracture, what internal organ may also have tears and be damaged
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Liver
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The diaphragm is supplied by which nerves
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Phrenic nerves c345
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