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Flashcards in The Gastrointestinal Tract and Abdominal Wall Vocabulary and Pathology Deck (31)
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1
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Inflammation of the appendix

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Acute appendicitis

2
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Cancer originating in the glandular tissue

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Adenocarcinoma

3
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A dense, calcified stone within the appendix

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Appendicolith

4
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A disorder in which the immune system attacks normal tissue

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Autoimmune Disorder

5
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Masses of various ingested materials that may cause an intestinal obstruction

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Bezoars

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A sonographic sign associated with pyloric stenosis in the long axis

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Cervix Sign

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A sonographic sign associated with the appearance of intussusception

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Cinnamon Bun Sign

8
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Operator-applied transducer pressure on a structure during a sonographic examination

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Compression Sonography

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An autoimmune disease characterized by periods of inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract

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Crohn Disease

10
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The inflammation of the diverticuli within the digestive tract, most often int the sigmoid colon

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Diverticulitis

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The development of small outpouchings termed diverticuli in the digestive tract, most often in the sigmoid colon

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Diverticulosis

12
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A sonographic sign associated with pyloric stenosis in the short axis

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Doughnut Sign

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The proximal portion of the duodenum closest to the stomach

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Duodenal Bulb

14
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A stone that contains that contains feces

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Fecalith

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An abnormality in which fluid is allowed to reflux out of the stomach back into the esophagus

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Gastroesophageal Reflux

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The proximal segment of the bowel with intussusception

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Intussusceptum

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The distal segment of the bowel with intussusception

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Intussuscipiens

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A bezoar that consists of powdered milk

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Lactobezoar

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A common congenital outpouching of the wall of the small intestine

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Meckel Diverticulum

20
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Abnormal rotation of the bowel that leads to a proximal small bowel obstruction

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Midgut Malrotation

21
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Not containing bile

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Nonbilious

22
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When the pyloric sphincter muscle is enlarged and palpable on physical examination of the abdomen; often indicative of pyloric stenosis

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Olive Sign

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Fat around the intestines

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Perienteric Fat

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Contractions that move in a wavelike pattern to propel a substance

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Peristalsis

25
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A bezoar that consists of vegetable matter

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Phytobezoars

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A temporary spasm and thickening of the pyloric sphincter that can replicate the sonographic appearance of pyloric stenosis

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Pylorospasm

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Feces that contains a mixture of mucus and bloody common finding in patients suffering from intussusception

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Red Currant Jelly Stools

28
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The sonographic appearance of the hyperechoic edematous connective tissue that surrounds the inflamed appendix

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Thyroid in the Belly Sign

29
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A bezoar that consists of matted hair

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Trichobezoars

30
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A blind-ended tube that is connected to the cecum of the colon

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Vermiform Appendix

31
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A situation in which a loop of bowel twists upon itself

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Volvulus