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A & P
GI Disorders
Question | Answer |
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Ankyloglossia | "Tongue Tied" When your frenulum is too short |
Dental Carries | Tooth Decay |
Glossodynia | painful tongue |
Eructation | Belching/burping |
Aphagia | Not eating (inability to swallow) |
Dysphagia | Difficult eating |
Anorxia | Lack of appetite |
Hematemesis | Blood in the emesis |
Vomiting | reverse peristalsis |
Bulemia | extreme appetite, leading to excessive eating, followed by vomiting |
Dyspepsia | indigestion |
Pyrosis | heartburn |
borborygmus | growling noises, stomach/intestines/ bowel sounds |
Flatus | abdominal gas |
flatulence | expelling flatus |
diarrhea | watery stool |
constipation | hard stool |
melena | black tarry stool |
steatorrhea | high fat content in the feces, greasy, floats |
ascites | contain fluid (cavity) (liver disease) |
Jaundice | yellowish tint to the skin, especially the sclera |
dysentery | diarrhea due to bacteria |
trench mouth | lack of oral cavity care |
Necrosis | dead tissue |
pyorrhea | pus drainage from gums |
esophageal varcies | blood vessels-varicose (due to liver disease) |
thrush | fungal infection |
GERD | gastric esophageal reflux disorder |
Reflux | backward flow of gastric juices into esophagus |
pyrosis | heartburn |
hiatal hernia | protrusion of part of an organ (stomach) |
ulcer | gradual erosin of tissue |
diverticulosis | abnormal pockets along intestines |
diverticulitis | food struck in pockets along intestines |
intussusception | telescoping of the bowel |
volvulus | twisting of the bowel |
paralytic ileus | part of the small intestine quits working |
appendix | worm like structure at the end of the cecum |
appendicitis | infected appendix |
peritonitis | when appendix ruptures |
gastritis/gastroenteritis | inflammation of the small intestines |
cirrhosis of the liver | chronic liver damage |
cholecystitis | inflammation of the gallbladder |
cholelithiasis | gallstones |
gingivitis | gum disease |
proctoscopy | examination of the rectum |
sigmoidoscopy | procedure to see inside the sigmoid colon and rectum area |
colonoscopy | test to look at the inner lining of the large intestine |
pilonidal cyst | abnormal skin growth located at the tailbone (hair & teeth) |
pyrosis | heartburn |
colostomy | removal of colon (large intestine) |
ileostomy | removal of ileum (small intestine) |
IBS | irritable bowel syndrome |
colitis | irritation and inflammation of the colon |
ileitis | irritation and inflammation of the ilium |
vagotomy | disconnect the vegas nerve from the stomach to lower the amount of gastric juices excreted |
pyloroplasty | remove ulcerative perforated part of stomach and suture stomach back together |
perforated ulcer | erosion all the way through the stomach leaving a hole |