Breast and Lymphatic Assessment & Heart & Neck Assessment

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BREAST AND LYMPHATIC ASSESSMENT & HEART & NECK ASSESSMENT

MALE AND FEMALE BREASTS

LOCATION OF ASSESSMENT FINDINGS

The four Breast Quadrants:

EXTERNAL ANATOMY OF THE BREAST

INTERNAL ANATOMY OF THE BREAST

BREAST ABNORMALITIES

BREAST PALPATION METHODS

LYMPH NODE LOCATIONS

BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION

CARDIOVASCULAR (HEART) SYSTEM

FUNCTION:

CIRCULATION TYPES:

HEART - The heart is a hollow, muscular, contractile, four-chambered organ located in the mediastinum between the lungs.

FOUR CHAMBERS

LAYERS OF THE HEART:

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION OF THE HEART Cardiac muscle cells can:

Conduction System

CARDIAC CYCLE - The cardiac cycle refers to the filling and emptying of the heart chambers.

HEART SOUNDS - Produced by valve closure.

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM ASSESSMENT

JUGULAR VENOUS PRESSURE (JVP)

ABNORMAL HEART SOUNDS:

ABNORMAL SPLITTING OF HEART SOUNDS

AUDIBLE ARRHYTHMIAS - Abnormal heart rhythm heard as irregular or rapid beats.

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