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48 Cards in this Set
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LOCATION OF BREAST
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EXTENDS FROM THE 2ND RIB TO THE 6TH RIB AND THE STERNUM TO MID AXILLARY LINE
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WHAT ARE THE INFRAMAMMARY RIDGES?
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BILATERAL THICKENINGS AT INFERIOR BORDER
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WHAT MUSCLES DOES THE BREAST OVERLIE?
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PECTORALIS MAJOR AND SERRATUS ANTERIOR
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WHERE DO LACTIFEROUS DUCTS DRAIN?
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INTO SINUSES AT THE NIPPLE- MILK IS STORED HERE UNTIL EXPRESSED
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BLOOD SUPPLY TO BREAST TISSUE
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INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY AND LATERAL THORACIC ARTERY
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HOW MANY LOBES DOES EACH BREAST HAVE? WHAT ARE THE LOBES MADE OF?
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EACH BREAST HAS 15-20 LOBES MADE UP OF LOBULES THAT DRAIN INTO LACTIFEROUS DUCTS
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THE PIGMENTED AREA AROUND THE NIPPLE
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AREOLA
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WHAT DOES THE AREOLA CONTAIN?
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SEBACEOUS GLANDS, SMOOTH MUSCLE, OCCASIONAL HAIR
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WHAT HAPPENS TO THE AREOLA DURING PREGNANCY?
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ENLARGE AND DARKEN
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DESCRIBE SYMMETRY OF AREOLA
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MAY BE ASYMMETRIC BUT LESS THAN 3 MM DIFFERENCE
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FUNCTION OF NIPPLE
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STORAGE AND DELIVERY OF MILK TO INFANT; LACTIFEROUS SINUSES AT THE BASE LEAD TO TERMINAL DUCTS TO THE EXTERIOR
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WHAT ARE THE CONTRACTILE SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBERS IN THE NIPPLE FOR?
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EXPRESSION OF MILK
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WHAT NODES DOES THE BREAST PRIMARILY DRAIN INTO?
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ANTERIOR AND CENTRAL AXILLARY NODES
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WHAT NODES DOES THE UPPER ARM DRAIN TO?
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LATERAL AXILLARY NODES
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WHAT NODES DOES THE RETRO AREOLAR AREA DRAIN TO?
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CENTRAL AXILLARY NODES
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IF LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE "GOES DEEP", WHAT NODES ARE INVOLVED?
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INTERNAL MAMMARY NODES AND THE SUPRACLAVICULAR NODES
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WHAT SYSTEM IS USED TO GRADE THE PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES IN PUBERTY?
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TANNER STAGING
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WHAT TIME OF THE MONTH SHOULD SELF BREAST EXAM BE DONE?
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5-7 DAYS AFTER PERIOD STARTS OR ON THE SAME DAY EVERY MONTH
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HOW OFTEN SHOULD SELF BREAST EXAM BE DONE?
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MONTHLY AFTER AGE 20
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BEST TIME FOR CLINICAL BREAST EXAM
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5-7 DAYS AFTER ONSET OF MENSTRUATION
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INSPECTION OF THE BREAST WHILE PATIENT IS SITTING UP INCLUDES?
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SKIN CHANGES (COLOR AND THICKENING), SIZE AND SYMMETRY, CONTOUR (MASSES, DIMPLING OR FLATTENING), NIPPLE SIZE AND SHAPE, RETRACTION, RASHES, ULCERATION, OR DISCHARGE
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WHY DO YOU INSPECT BREASTS WITH ARMS OVER HEAD, PRESSED AGAINST HIPS, AND LEANING FORWARD?
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BRING OUT DIMPLING OR RETRACTION
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WHAT LYMPH NODES DO YOU PALPATE ON CBE?
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ANTERIOR, POSTERIOR, CENTRAL, AND LATERAL AXILLARY LYMPH NODES; ALSO SUPRACLAVICULAR
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WHAT ARE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE RECTANGULAR AREA PALPATED ON CBE?
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FROM CLAVICLE TO INFRAMAMMARY FOLD; FROM MIDSTERNAL LINE TO POSTERIOR AXILLARY LINE
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WHAT POSITION IS THE PATIENT IN WHEN PALPATION IS DONE ON CBE?
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SUPINE WITH ARM RAISED UP BEHIND HEAD
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WHAT PATTERNS ARE USED FOR CBE?
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CIRCULAR, WEDGE, OR VERTICAL STRIP PATTERN
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ON PALPATION DURING CBE, WHAT DO YOU CHECK FOR?
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CONSISTENCY, TENDERNESS, NODULES
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WHAT TYPE OF NODULES SUGGEST CANCER?
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HARD, IRREGULAR, POORLY CIRCUMSCRIBED NODULES, FIXED TO THE SKIN OR TISSUES
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A MOBILE MASS THAT BECOMES FIXED WHEN THE ARM RELAXES IS PROBABLY ATTACHED TO WHAT?
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THE RIBS AND INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES
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A NODULE THAT IS FIXED WHEN HAND IS PRESSED AGAINST HIP IS PROBABLY ATTACHED WHERE?
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PECTORAL FASCIA
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3 MAJOR CAUSES OF UNILATERAL BLOODY DISCHARGE FROM 1-2 DUCTS
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INTRADUCTAL PAPILLOMA, DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU, PAGET'S DISEASE OF THE BREAST
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WHY DO YOU INSPECT THE SCAR AND AXILLA CAREFULLY IN PATIENTS WITH PRIOR MASTECTOMY?
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TO IDENTIFY CHANGE IN COLOR, INFLAMMATION, OR NODE ENLARGEMENT THAT MIGHT SIGNIFY RECURRENCE
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SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THE BREAST DUE TO AGING
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DECREASED GLANDULAR AND LOBULAR TISSUE (REPLACED BY FATTY TISSUE), ATROPHY AND MORE PROMINENT INFRAMAMMARY RIDGE, NIPPLE SMALLER AND FLATTER
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BREAST CANCER RISK FACTORS
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FEMALE, AGE, FAM HX, PMHX OF BREAST CANCER, HISTORY OF RADIATION TO CHEST, EARLY MENARCHE BEFORE 12, LATE MENOPAUSE AFTER 55, NULLIPARITY OR LATE FIRST CHILD BIRTH, LONG TERM USE OF HRT, OBESITY
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WHAT ARE BRCA1 AND BRCA2 MUTATIONS?
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GENETIC DEFECTS THAT PREDISPOSE WOMEN TO DEVELOP BREAST CANCER
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MOST COMMON QUADRANT FOR BREAST CANCER
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RIGHT UPPER BREAST, FOLLOWED BY AREOLA, LEFT UPPER, RIGHT LOWER, AND LEFT LOWER
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THIS IS A BENIGN TUMOR TYPICALLY FOUND IN 15-25 Y/O THAT IS USUALLY SINGLE, FIRM, VERY MOBILE, NONTENDER, AND ROUND OR DISCLIKE
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FIBROADENOMA
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THESE ARE BENIGN FINDINGS IN FEMALES 30-50 YEARS OLD THAT ARE TENDER AND HAVE SIMILAR SIGNS TO FIBROADENOMAS
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CYSTS
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WHAT IS PEAU D'ORANGE?
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CUTANEOUS EDEMA OF BREAST INDICATED BY SKIN THAT IS INDENTED DEPPLY WITH HOLES (ACCENTUATED ORIFICES OF SWEAT GLANDS)
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WHEN SHOULD GYNECOMASTIA BE INVESTIGATED?
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IF PAINFUL, RAPID BREAST ENLARGEMENT, ECCENTRIC, OR HARD IRREGULAR BREAST MASS, OR HAS A TESTICULAR MASS
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HOW OFTEN SHOULD WOMEN 40-50 YEARS OLD GET A MAMMOGRAM?
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EVERY 1-2 YRS
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HOW OFTEN SHOULD WOMEN OVER 50 GET A MAMMOGRAM?
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ANNUALLY
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HOW OFTEN SHOULD WOMEN 20-240 GET A CLINICAL BREAST EXAM?
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EVERY 3 YEARS
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HOW OFTEN SHOULD WOMEN OVER 40 GET A CBE?
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EVERY YEAR
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WHEN IS A MRI RECOMMENDED IN BREAST CANCER SCREENING?
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IF HIGH LIFETIME RISK OR RISK OF 20% OR MORE
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WHAT IS A FNA?
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FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY- USED TO DRAW A SAMPLE FLUID AND TISSUE FROM A BREAST LUMP TO BE STUDIED.
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WHAT IS ULTRASOUND IMAGING OF THE BREAST USED FOR?
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TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SOLID TUMORS AND FLUID FILLED CYSTS
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WHY IS MRI INAPPROPRIATE FOR BREAST CANCER SCREENING IN THE GENERAL POPULATION?
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BECAUSE OF HIGH RATE OF FALSE POSITIVES
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