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gastrointestinal sys
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| L2 level | Duodenal bulb |
| L3 level | umbilicus |
| L4 level | iliac crest |
| what does proximal mean | where the food starts |
| proximal portion of stomach | fundus |
| during a prone projection, where is the air | fundus |
| hustra | loops of bowel |
| proximal of small bowel | duodenum |
| smallest portion of small bowel | duodenum |
| size of duodenum | a few inches |
| size of jejunum | 2/5 of bowel |
| part of bowel most obstructions occur | jejunum |
| ileum size | 3/5 of bowel |
| psoas major | |
| swallowing | deglutition |
| completion of digestive process in | small bowel |
| 4 parts of stomach | cardia fundus body pyloric portion |
| cardia | section of stomach immediately surrounding esophageal opening |
| fundus | superior portion of stomach |
| fundus referred to as... when patient is upright and gas is in there | gas bubble |
| function of sm. intestine | digestion and absorption |
| 3 parts of sm intestine | duodenum jejunum ileum |
| widest portion of sm intestine | duodenum |
| duodenum begins at... | pylorus |
| large intestine begins at... | right iliac region |
| 4 parts of large intestine | cecum colon rectum anal canal |
| 4 parts of colon | ascending transverse descending sigmoid |
| ileus | obstruction of a feathery appearance occurring in the small bowel |
| valsalva maneuver position | head in trendelenburg |
| valsalva maneuver | straining |
| valsalva maneuver aka | wolf method |
| AP-barium in... | fundus |
| barium in fundus during which projections | AP/AP obliques |
| Projection visualizes duodenal bulb with CR | RAO with CR at L2 |
| position of head of pancreas on RAO proj | within C-loop |
| Barium needs to reach what portion for a study to be complete of the intestines | Terminal ileum |
| appendix comes off of... | cecum |
| enteroclysis | tube down throat into sm. bowel |
| enteroclysis used when.. | patient can't keep barium down |
| 2 purposes of KUB | make sure there was no previous study done, calcifications |
| t/f: can see diverticulum on a KUB | false |
| Air contrast shows | small lesions within mucosal lining |
| Air contrast aka | double contrast |
| barium only aka | single contrast |
| volvulus shape | kidney |
| 2 shapes of intesusseption | telescoping, acordion |
| Biphasic | single and double contrast done on same day |
| 2 parts of digestive sys | accessory glands alimentary canal |
| 4 accessory glands | salivary glands liver gallbladder pancreas |
| chyme | food that has been mechanically and chemically altered in stomach |
| achalasia | failure of smooth muscle of alimentary canal to relax |
| Barrett esophagus | peptic ulcer of lower esophagus, often with stricture |
| Bezoar | Mass in stomach formed by material that does not pass into intestine |
| billiary stenosis | narrowing of bile ducts |
| celiac disease aka | sprue |
| sprue/celiac disease affects the | jejunum |
| cholecystitis | acute/chronic inflammation of gallbladder |
| choleodocholithiasis | calculus in common bile duct |
| cholelithiasis | gallstones |
| colitis | inflammation of colon |
| gastritis | inflammation of lining of stomach |
| hiatal hernia | protrusion of stomach through esophageal hiatus of diaphragm |
| ileus | failure of peristalsis |
| Meckel diverticulum | diverticulum of distal ileum |
| pancreatic pseudocyst | collection of debris, fluid, pancreatic enzymes and blood as a complication of acute pancreatitis |
| average emptying time of stomach | 3-4 hrs |
| Right anterior oblique, GI series: demonstrates -CR | duodenal bulb and head of pancreas within c-loop -L2 |
| GI series: PA projection CR -Demonstrates | L2 -air in fundus |
| Barium swallow: head in -4 projections with CR | trendelenburg -AP, RPO, LPO, Right Lateral; CR perpendicular to midpoint of IR @ level of T5 and T6 |
| Barium swallow obliques may be done in a ... position | Anterior (RAO and LAO) |
| Wolf method position: -helps ... and may demonstrate ... | trendelenburg -helps fill distal esophagus and may demonstrate hiatal hernia |
| Small bowel series time frame | 20-30 mins |
| Small bowel series position -CR | PA -iliac crest (may need to center a little above or below) |
| Barium is followed until ... for small bowel series | it reaches terminal ileum/ileocecal valve/cecum |
| Have ... available to speed peristalsis on a small bowel series | reglan and ice cold water |
| 4 GI series projections | -AP -Right Lateral -Right anterior oblique -PA - |
| Scout/KUB CR | iliac crest |
| AP GI series: Barium in | fundus |
| CR AP GI series | left of L1 |
| Right lateral, GI series, position of stomach | anterior |
| CR right lateral for GI series | L1 |
| RAO GI series demonstrates | duodenal bulb, head of pancreas in c-loop |
| CR RAO GI series | L2 |
| PA GI series CR | L2 |
| PA projection, GI series, air in | fundus |