During an abdominal assessment, the nurse elicits tenderness on light palpation in the right lower quadrant. The nurse recognizes this finding could indicate a problem with what structure?

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The appendix is located in the right lower quadrant. When the iliopsoas muscle is inflamed, which occurs with an inflamed or perforated appendix, pain is felt in the right lower quadrant. The spleen is in the left upper quadrant; the sigmoid is in the left lower quadrant; and the gallbladder is in the right upper quadrant.

During an Abdominal Assessment, the Nurse Elicits Tenderness on Light