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Question 0

What does the esophagus have instead of a serosal layer?

Answer 0

Connective tissue layer

Question 1

Does the esophagus have a serosal outer layer?

Answer 1

No

Question 2

Define glutition:

Answer 2

Swallowing

Question 3

What is the term used to describe the enlargement of the esophagus due to the failure of the lower esophageal sphincter opening?

Answer 3

Achalasia

Question 4

What are the three things that cause strictures?

Answer 4

Edema, scar tissue, and spasms

Question 5

What is the term used to describe difficulty swallowing?

Answer 5

Dysphagia

Question 6

What is the term used to describe pain when swallowing?

Answer 6

Odynophagia

Question 7

What is the pathophysiology of Barrett’s Esophagus?

Answer 7

A repair process brought on by GERD that is characterized by squamous mucosa that normally lines the esophagus gradually being replaced by columnar epithelium (metaplasia) resembling tissue of the stomach and intestines.