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Abdomin Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acute Appendicitis | Inflammation of the small finger like projection |
| Diverticulitis | inflammation of a pouch like herniation of the colon wall |
| Chrons disease | chronic inflammatory disease of the colon |
| Gastric Bezoar | Intragastric mass |
| Spherocytosis | circle like malformed red blood cells |
| Thalassemia | long word |
| amyioidosis | abnormal proteins |
| Hemangioma | common benign mass |
| meduallary sponge | caused by urine stasis |
| hydronenephrosis | abnormal kidney swelling |
| Polycystic kidney | Clusters of cysts |
| Nephrolithiasis | hardened masses composed of calcium oxalate |
| renal cell carinoma | cancer represented by cystic areas |
| transitional cell carcinoma | cancer that can be found in renal pelvis |
| nephroblastoma | most common renal cancer |
| chronic kidney disease | loss of renal function |