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Flashcards in Gallbladder/Biliary Tree Terminology Deck (24)
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1
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Pain located in the area of the right upper quadrant in the area of the gallbladder

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Biliary colic

2
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The effect of dirty shadowing, reverberation, or ring down artifact caused by gas or gas bubbles produced by bacteria within the nondependent gallbladder wall

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Champagne sign

3
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The surgical removal of the gallbladder

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Cholesytectomy

4
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The hormone produced by the duodenum that causes the gallbladder to contract

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Cholecystokinin

5
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Partially digested food from the stomach

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Chyme

6
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The clinical detection of an enlarged palpable gallbladder caused by biliary obstruction in the area of the pancreatic head; typically caused by a pancreatic head mass

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Courvoisier Gallbladder

7
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Chronic inflammatory bowel disease that leads to thickening and scarring of the bowel walls leading to chronic pain and recurrent bowel obstructions

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Crohn Disease

8
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The duct that connects the gallbladder to the common hepatic duct

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Cystic Duct

9
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Abnormal distention of an organ with air or gas

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Emphysematous

10
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The presence or collection of pus

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Empyema

11
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An outpouching of the gallbladder neck

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Hartmann Pouch

12
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A condition that results in the destruction of red blood cells

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Hemolytic anemia

13
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A group of proliferative and degenerative gallbladder disorders which include both adenomyomatosis and cholesterolosis

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Hyperplastic Cholecystosis

14
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Abnormal low level of albumin in the blood; protein produced in the liver

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Hypoalbuminemia

15
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A fold in the neck of the gallbladder

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Junctional fold

16
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A condition associated with vasculitis and can affect the lymph node, skin, and mucous membrane; also referred to as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

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Kawasaki Disease

17
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Pain directly over the gallbladder with applied probe pressure

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Murphy sign

18
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Inflammation of the peritoneal lining

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Peritonitis

19
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Gallbladder variant when the gallbladder fundus is folded onto itself

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Phrygian cap

20
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Tiny pockets within the gallbladder wall

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Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses

21
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A life-threatening condition caused by the body’s response to a systemic infection

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Sepsis

22
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Form of hemolytic anemia typically found in Africans; characterized by dysfunctional sickle-shaped red blood cells

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Sickle Cell Disease

23
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Folds located within the cystic duct that prevent it from collapsing and distending

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Spiral valves of Heister

24
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Thick sludge

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Tumefactive sludge