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A Chinese pain scale diagram, rating pain on a scale of 1 to 10. A pain scale measures a patient's pain intensity or other features. Pain scales are a common communication tool in medical contexts, and are used in a variety of medical settings. Pain scales are a necessity to assist with better assessment of pain and patient screening.
These folds stretch outward through the action of mechanoreceptors, which respond to the increase in pressure. [2] This allows the stomach to expand, therefore increasing the volume of the stomach without increasing pressure. [2] They also provide the stomach with an increased surface area for nutrient absorption during digestion. [2]
The angular incisure (or angular notch) is a small notch on the stomach. It is located on the lesser curvature of the stomach near the pyloric end. Its location varies depending on how distended the stomach is. [1] The angular incisure is used as a separation point between the right and left portions of the stomach, the body and the pylorus. [2]
Description: Diagram of basic surface anatomy and regions of the stomach. Drawn in Inkscape. Based on diagram from Moore, K.L., & Agur, A.M. (2007).
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The duodenal bulb (also ampulla of duodenum, duodenal ampulla, or duodenal cap) is the initial, dilated portion of (the superior part of) the duodenum [1] just distal to the stomach; it begins at the pylorus and ends at the neck of the gallbladder. It is normally about 5 centimeters long. [2]
They receive their afferents from the stomach; their efferents pass to the celiac group of preaortic lymph nodes. The inferior gastric lymph nodes (Latin: lymphoglandulæ gastricæ inferiores ; right gastroepiploic lymph nodes), four to seven in number, lie between the two layers of the greater omentum along the pyloric half of the greater ...
Rovsing's sign, named after the Danish surgeon Niels Thorkild Rovsing (1862–1927), [1] is a sign of appendicitis.If palpation of the left lower quadrant of a person's abdomen increases the pain felt in the right lower quadrant, the patient is said to have a positive Rovsing's sign and may have appendicitis.