HTHSCI 1J03 Lecture Notes - Iliac Fossa, Gynecomastia, Rectal Examination
4 Apr 2014
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The lower edge of the liver/right kidney may be palpable (normally: hollow viscera: shape depends on the contents. Usually not palpabe, though you may feel the colon distended with feces or the bladder distended with urine. Examples of this are the stomach, gallbladder, small intestine, colon, and bladder: the small intestine is located in all four quadrants, spleen: mass of soft lymphatic tissue on the posterolateral wall of the abdominal cavity. Its width extends from the ninth to the eleventh rib: aorta: just left of the midline in the upper part of the abdomen. You can palpate aortic palpations easily in the upper anterior abdominal wall: pancreas: a soft, lobulated gland located behind the stomach in the left upper quadrant, kidneys: retroperitoneal, or posterior to the abdominal contents. They are well protected by posterior ribs and muscles. The twelfth rib forms an angle (costovertebral angle) where the left kidney lies.
