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Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Function

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Ascites?
WATER ACCUMULATION IN THE ABDOMEN SECONDARY TO DECREASED PRODUCTION OF ALBUMIN BY THE LIVER
Cirrhosis of the liver?
A CONDITION WHERE HEALTHY TISSUE IS REPLACED WITH SCAR TISSUE THAT BLOCKS THE FLOW OF BLOOD THROUGH THE ORGAN TO PREVENT THE LIVER FROM PROPERLY FUNCTIONING
When are patients expected to recover from Hepatitis A?
6-10 WEEKS
You will experience flu-like symptoms however, will not have any long term affects of cirrhosis of the liver. A full recover is expected?
HEPATITIS A
What form of hepatitis is spread through the fecal-oral route?
HEPATITIS A
An inflammatory process within the liver?
HEPATITIS
What is the etiology of diverticulitis?
UNKNOWN HOWEVER, IS THEORIZED THAT A LOW FIBER DIET MAY BE THE CAUSE
What is a good source of treatment in someone with diverticulitis?
INCREASED AMOUNT OF FIBER INTAKE
(20-35 GRAMS PER DAY)
What age group is more likely to develop diverticulitis?
OVER 40
What are diverticula?
POUCH LIKE PROTRUSIONS OCCURRING IN THE COLON
True/False

Women tend to have a higher incidence of irritable bowl syndrome?
TRUE
What are that rehabilitation considerations for patients with malabsorption syndrome?
*BONE PAIN MUST BE CONSIDERED DURING TREATMENT
*OSTEOPOROSIS
*WEIGHT LOSS & ABDOMINAL BLOATING
*EXERCISE TOLERANCE
This can be characterized by a group of pathologies where there is 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?
MALABSORPTION SYNDROME
Abnormal frequency or volume of stool and can appear as a symptom of certain gastrointestinal pathologies?
DIARRHEA/CONSTIPATION
Many ulcers are caused by what?
*H PYLORI INFECTION
*CHRONIC NSAID USE
Peptic ulcer?
*A CONDITION WHERE THERE IS A DISRUPTION OR EROSION IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA
*IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS OF THE STOMACH AND THE SECRETIONS OF ACIDS WITHING THE STOMACH.
A patient may develop this condition through chronic NSAID use?
GASTRITIS
Erosive gastritis is AKA?
ACUTE GASTRITIS
Gastritis can be classified as?
*EROSIVE
*NON-EROSIVE
(BASED ON THE LEVEL AND ZONE OF INJURY)
Gastritis?
INFLAMMATION OF THE GASTRIC MUCOSA OR INNER LAYER OF THE STOMACH
What component of the digestive system is malfunctioning or weak if a patient is suffering from GERD?
LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER
GERD?
INCOMPETENCE OF THE LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER (LES) THAT RESULTS IN REFLUX OF GASTRIC CONTENTS
What are common pathologies of the esophagus?
*HIATAL HERNIA
*GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
*ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
*DYSPHAGIA
*ESOPHAGEAL VARICES
*BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS
Common pathologies of the stomach?
*GASTRITIS
*PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE
*GASTRIC CANCER
*GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE
*MOTILITY AND EMPTYING DISORDERS
Common pathologies of the intestines?
*MALABSORPTION SYNDROME
*APPENDICITIS
*IRRITABLE BOWL SYNDROME
*CROHN'S DISEASE
*ULCERATIVE COLITIS
*COLON CANCER
*INTESTINAL HERNIA
*DIVERTICULAR DISEASES
Common pathologies of the rectum and anus?
*RECTAL OR ANAL CANCER
*HEMORRHOIDS
*RECTAL FISTULA
*RECTAL FISSURE
Common pathologies of the Gall bladder?
*GALLSTONES (CHOLEITHIASIS)
*CHOLECYSTITIS
*GALLBLADDER CANCER
Common pathologies of the liver?
*CIRRHOSIS
*JAUNDICE
*HEPATITIS A,B,C,D,E
*ASCITES
*HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
*LIVER CANCER
*HEPATOMEGALY
Common pathologies of the pancreas?
*PANCREATITIS (ACUTE & CHRONIC)
*DIABETES MELLITUS
*PANCREATIC CANCER
Endocrine secretes?
INSULIN, GLUCAGON, AND OTHER HORMONES INTO THE BLOOD TO REGULATE SERUM GLUCOSE LEVEL
Exocrine secretes?
BICARBONATE AND DIGESTIVE ENZYMES INTO THE DUODENUM
Liver?
BILE IS PRODUCES AND IS NECESSARY FOR ABSORPTION OF LIPID SOLUBLE SUBSTANCES
*ASSISTS WITH RED BLOOD CELL AND VITAMIN k PRODUCTION
*REGULATES SERUM LEVEL OF CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS AND FATS
Gall bladder?
STORES AND RELEASES BILE INTO THE DUODENUM TO ASSIST WITH DIGESTION
Continues to absorb water and electrolytes; stores and eliminates undigested food as feces?
LOWER GI (LARGE INTESTINE)
True/False

The lower GI tract is considered the Large Intestine?
FALSE

SMALL INTESTINE
Absorbs bile and intrinsic factor to be recycled?
ILEUM
Absorbs water, electrolytes, and nutrients?
JEJUNUM
Duodenum?
NEUTRALIZES ACID IN FOOD FROM STOMACH AND MIXES PANCREATIC AND BILIARY SECRETIONS WITH FOOD
What are considered the Gland Organs?
*GALL BLADDER
*LIVER
*PANCREAS
Portions of the lower GI tract of the large intestine?
*ASCENDING COLON
*TRANSVERSE COLON
*DESCENDING COLON
*SIGMOID COLON
*RECTUM
*ANUS
Portions of the lower GI tract of the small intestine?
*DUODENUM
*JEJUNUM
*ILEUM
Portions of the upper GI tract?
*MOUTH
*ESOPHAGUS
*STOMACH
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