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Chapter 5 Gastroin
Gastrointestinal System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Congenital Tracheorsophageal (TE) Fistulas | Results from the failure of a satisfactory esophageal lumen to develop compeltely seprate from the trachea |
| Pancreatitis | Infammatory process in which protein and lipids digesting enzymes become activated within the pancreas and begin to digest the organ itself |
| Malabsorption Disorder | Defective absorption of carbonydrates protein and fats from small bowel |
| Colonic Ileus | Selective or disporportionate gaseous disention of the large bowel without obstruction |
| Alcolic Gastritis | Inflammation of the stomach lining caused by alcohol |
| Bacterial Gastritis (phlegmonous) | Inflammation of the stomach lining caused by a bacterial infection |
| Chronic Atrophic Gastristis | Severe mucosal wasting that causes thinning and relative absence of mucosal folds in the stomach |
| Chyme | Gastric Contents that have been mixed with hydrocholric acid and the proteolytic enzyme pepsin and it forms a white milky product |
| Constipation | Extra water is absorbed from the fecal mass to produce harden stool |
| Corrosive Gastritis | Inflammation of the stomach caused by corrasive agents |
| Degutition | Swallowing |
| Diarrhea | Results from increase motility of small bowel which floods the colon with an excessice amount of water that cannot be compelety absorbed |
| Emulsifier | Subtance that acts like soap by dispersing the fat into very small droplets that permits it to mix with water |
| Epiphrenic Diverticula | Outpouching found in the distal 10cm of the esophagus |
| Glycogen | Stored excess glucose |
| Infectious Gastristis | Inflammation of the stomach lining caused by a microorgansim |
| Infiltrating | Spreading into surrounding tissue |
| Imsulinoma | Hormone secreting neoplasm most greq. in the tail of the pancreas usually benign |
| Irritable bowel syndrome | Refers to several conditions that have an alteration in intestinal motility |
| Localized Ileus | Isolated distended loop of small or large bowel |
| Mallory-Weiss Syndrome | Inflammation of the distal esophages due to lacertion assoc. with bleeding and mediastinal penetration most common with vomiting and retching |
| Mastication | Chewing |
| Peristalsis | Wormlike movement by which the alimentary canal or other tubular organ propels its contents |
| Polypoid | Resembling a polye |
| Traction | Prcess of placing tension between two structures |
| Ulceration | Destruction of tissue creating an opening within a structure |
| Ulcerogenic islet cell tumors (gastrinomas) | Tumor found in the pancreas and duodenum that is assoc. with peptic ulcers |
| Villi | Fingerlike projections of the small bowel to increase the inner suface area |
| Zenker's Diverticula | Outpouching that arises from the posterior wall of the upper esophagus |
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