Physical Assessment: Breast

Front 1

The reservoir for storing milk in the breast are:

Back 1

lactiferous sinus

Front 2

The most common site of breast tumors is:

Back 2

upper outer quadrant

Front 3

When teaching the breast self-exam, you would inform the woman that the best time to conduct breast self-examination is:

Back 3

on the 4-7 day of the cycle

Front 4

How often should women have a clinical breast examination:

Back 4

every year

Front 5

The examiner is going to inspect the breasts for retraction. The best position for this part of the exam is:

Back 5

sitting with hands pushing onto hips

Front 6

A bimanual technique may be preferred approachfor a woman:

Back 6

with pendulous breasts

Front 7

During the exmination of a 70 year old man, you note gynecomastia. You would:

Back 7

review the medication for drugs that have gynecomastia as side effects

Front 8

during a breast examination, you detect a mass. What description is most consistent with cancer rather than benign breast disease?

Back 8

irregular, poorly defined, fixed

Front 9

During the examination of the breasts of a pregnant woman, you would expect to find:

Back 9

a blue vascular pattern over both breasts

Front 10

Breast asymmetry should always be investigated. T/F

Back 10

False: it may be normal

Front 11

Gynemastia is:

Back 11

enlargement of the male breast

Front 12

Which is the first physical change associated with puberty in girls?

Back 12

breast bud development