Body Habitus - Quia



Body Habitus | |PREP Book |Merrills | |

|Stenic | |Average, athletic build |Heart: moderately transverse |

| |[pic] |Similar to hypersthenic, but modified by elongation of |Lungs: moderate length |

| | |abdomen and thorax |Diaphragm: moderately high |

| | | |Stomach: high, upper left |

| | | |Colon: spread evenly: slight dip in transverse colon |

| | | |Gallbladder: centered on right side, upper abdomen |

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| | | |Build: moderately heavy |

| | | |Abdomen: moderately long |

| | | |Thorax: moderately short, broad and deep |

| | | |Pelvis: relatively small |

|Asthenic |[pic] |Body is slender and light |Heart: nearly vertical and at midline |

| | |Bony framework is delicate |Lungs: long, apices above clavicles may be broader above base |

| | |Long, narrow thorax |Diaphragm: low |

| | |Very long “fish hook” stomach |Stomach: low and medial, in the pelvis when standing |

| | |Gallbladder low and medial |Colon: low, folds on itself |

| | |Low, medial, and redundant colon sthenic and hyposthenic |Gallbladder: low and nearer the midline |

| | |types characterize the more average body types: | |

| | | |Build: frail |

| | | |Abdomen: short |

| | | |Thorax: long, shallow |

| | | |Pelvis: wide |

|Hyposthenic |[pic] |Somewhat slighter, less robust |The organs and characteristics for this habitus are intermediate between |

| | |Similar to asthenic, but stomach, intestines and |the sthenic and asthenic body habitus types. This habitus is the most |

| | |gallbladder situated higher in abdomen |difficult to classify. |

|Hypersthenic | |Body is large and heavy |Heart: axis nearly transverse |

| |[pic] |Bony framework is thick, short, and wide |Lungs: short, apices a or near clavicles |

| | |Lungs and heart are high |Diaphragm: high |

| | |Transverse stomach |Stomach: high, transverse and in the middle |

| | |Gallbladder high and lateral |Colon: around periphery of abdomen |

| | |Peripheral colon |Gallbladder: High, outside lies more parallel |

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| | | |Build: massive |

| | | |Abdomen: long |

| | | |Thorax: short, broad ,deep |

| | | |Pelvis: narrow |

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