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Adult Health Nursing
Ch 5 GI Disorder & Ch 6 Assessory MEL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Achalasia | inability of the cardiac sphincter to relax causing dyspepsia |
| Achlorhydria | Absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach with a high PH of 6 |
| Anastomosis | joining of two hollow oragans as in the intestine |
| Carcinoembryonic | Antigen (CEA)- Substance present in embryonic life, but not in an adult. Indicative of metastatic GI cancer |
| Dehiscence | Seperation of a surgical incision or rupture of a wound closure |
| Dysphagia | Difficulty swallowing |
| Evisceration | Protrusion of abdominal organs through a wound |
| Exacerbation | Flare up of chronic illness |
| Hematemesis | Bloody Emesis(vomiting, possible GI bleed) |
| Intussusception | Telescoping of the bowel |
| Leukoplakia | Pre-Cancerous whitish lesions found on the skin or mucous membranes |
| Lumen | Opening |
| Melena | Blood in the stool |
| Occult Blood | Hidden blood as in the stool or urine test |
| Pathognomonic | Sign or symptom specific to a disease |
| Peristalsis | wave like movement used to get food down the esophagus and towards intestine |
| Remission | Absence of symptoms |
| Steatorrhea | fatty stools |
| Stoma | Creation of an opening from within to the outside of the body |
| Tenesmus | Painful straining at stool |
| Volvulus | Tortion or twisting of the intestine |
| Salivary Glands | 3 pairs located parotid, submandibular, sublingual produces saliva Lysozyme destroys bacteria preventing infection |
| Esphagus | 10" long muscular, bolus of food, peristalsis |
| Cachexia | Wasting and general look of ill health |
| Ascites | accumuliation of fluid and albumin in the peritoneal cavity |
| Asterixis | hand flapping tremor usually induced by extending arm and dorsiflexing the wrist freq seen in hepatic coma, involentary (abnormal muscle tremors) |
| Esophageal varices | complex of longitudinal tortuous veins at the lower end of the esophagus portal hypertension |
| Flatulence | excessive formation of gas in the stomach or intestine |
| Hepatic Encephalopathy | brain damage caused by a liver disease and consequent ammonia intoxication cerum ammonia levels increase, comas |
| Hepatitis | inflammation of the liver resulting from several causes, including several types of viral agents or exposure to toxic substances |
| Jaundice | yellowish discoloration of the skin, mucous membranes and sclea of the eye caused by greater that normal amounts of billirubin in blood |
| Occlusion | obstruction or the closing off in a canal vessel or passage of the body |
| Paracentesis | procedure in which fluid is withdrawn from the abdominal cavity |
| Parenchyma | tissue of an organ as distinguished from supporting or conective tissue |
| Spider Telangiectases | dialated superficial arterioles, along face and nose |
| Steatorrhea | excessive fat in feces, malabsorption syndrome |
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