Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Function Flash Cards

 
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Pain in the right lower quadrant might mean what disease? *KIDNEY STONE
*URETERAL STONE
*MECKEL DIVERTICULUM
APPENDICITIS
*CHOLECYSTITIS
*INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
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Pain in the left lower quadrant might mean what disease? *PERFORATED COLON
*ILEITIS
*SIGMOID DIVERTICULITIS
*KIDNEY STONE
*URETERAL STONE
*INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
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Pain in the right upper quadrant might mean what disease? *HEPATOMEGALY
*DUODENAL ULCER
*CHOLECYSTITIS
*PNEUMONIA
*HEPATITIS
*BILIARY STONES
0 MichaelMorano Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:02:25 GMT view revision history
Pain in the left upper quadrant might mean what disease? *GASTRIC ULCER
*PERFORATED COLON
*PNEUMONIA
*SPLEEN INJURY
*SPLEEN RUPTURE
*AORTIC ANEURYSM
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What is the etiology of diverticulitis? *UNKNOWN HOWEVER, LOW FIBER MAY BE A CAUSE 0 MichaelMorano Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:02:24 GMT view revision history
Diverticulitis? *THE CONDITION OF HAVING INFLAMED OR INFECTED DIVERTICULA.
*POUCH LIKE PROTRUSIONS OCCURRING IN THE COLON.
*ASYMPTOMATIC IN 80% OF PATIENTS
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Malabsorption syndrome? A CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY A GROUP OF PATHOLOGIES WHERE THERE IS A REDUCED INTESTINAL ABSORPTION AND INADEQUATE NUTRITION SECONDARY TO DEFECTS IN DIGESTION AND/OR THE INABILITY OF THE INTESTINAL MUCOSA TO ABSORB THE NUTRIENTS FROM DIGESTED FOOD. 0 MichaelMorano Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:37:41 GMT view revision history
An abnormal frequency or volume of stool and can appear as a symptom of certain gastrointestinal pathologies? DIARRHEA/CONSTIPATION 0 MichaelMorano Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:37:41 GMT view revision history
Many ulcers are caused by? *H. PYLORI INFECTION
*CHRONIC NSAID USE
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A disease where there is a disruption or erosion in the gastrointestinal mucosa? PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE 0 MichaelMorano Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:37:41 GMT view revision history
What is the etiology of Erosive gastritis? *BLEEDING FROM THE GASTRIC MUCOSA
*NSAIDS
*ALCOHOL UTILIZATION
*VIRAL INFECTION OR DIRECT TRAUMA
0 MichaelMorano Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:32:27 GMT view revision history
What is gastritis classified as based on the level and zone of injury? *EROSIVE GASTRITIS (ACUTE GASTRITIS)
*NON-EROSIVE GASTRITIS (CHRONIC TYPE B GASTRITIS)
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Inflammation of the gastric mucosa or inner layer of the stomach? GASTRITIS 0 MichaelMorano Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:32:27 GMT view revision history
An incompetence of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) that results in reflux of gastric contents? GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE 0 MichaelMorano Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:32:27 GMT view revision history

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