abdomen terminology

Question 1

anorexia

Answer 1

eating disorder pertaining to loss of appetite and extreme weight loss

Question 2

dysphagia

Answer 2

difficulty swallowing

Question 3

pyrosis

Answer 3

“heartburn”; burning sensation in esophagus and stomach from reflux of gastric acid

Question 4

eructation

Answer 4

“belching”

Question 5

dysmenorrhea

Answer 5

period cramps

Question 6

frank blood

Answer 6

bright red blood

Question 7

occult blood

Answer 7

dark brown blood

Question 8

constipation

Answer 8

difficulty pooping

Question 9

hematemesis

Answer 9

vomiting blood

Question 10

bile

Answer 10

greenish-brown fluid thats aids digestion; secreted by liver and stored in gallbladder

Question 11

borborygmi

Answer 11

rumbling/gurgling noise in intestines due to fluid and gas movement

Question 12

appendicitis

Answer 12

inflamed and painful appendix

Question 13

cholecystitis

Answer 13

inflammation of the gallbladder

Question 14

murphy’s sign

Answer 14

when palpating the liver, pain occurs; inflamed gallbladder

Question 15

mcburney’s point

Answer 15

point on the lower right quadrant of the abdomen at which tenderness is maximal in cases of acute appendicitis

Question 16

referred pain

Answer 16

pain at another part of the body, but not the site of the original pain

Question 17

visceral pain

Answer 17

pain we feel when our internal organs are inflamed

Question 18

emesis

Answer 18

the act of vomiting

Question 19

ascites

Answer 19

abnormal build-up of fluid in the abdomen

Question 20

guarding

Answer 20

voluntary tensing of abdominal muscles to avoid pain

Question 21

scaphoid abdomen

Answer 21

inward concavity of anterior abdominal wall

Question 22

parietal pain

Answer 22

irritation of the peritoneal lining surrounding the abdominal cavity

Question 23

rigidity

Answer 23

involuntary tensing of abdominal muscles to guard inflamed organs

Question 24

protuberant abdomen

Answer 24

enlarged/bulging abdomen

Question 25

melena

Answer 25

dark sticky feces with partly digested blood

Question 26

rebound tenderness

Answer 26

a sign of peritonitis, a serious condition that is an inflammation of the peritoneum

Question 27

hematochezia

Answer 27

passage of bright red blood through the anus

Question 28

steatorrhea

Answer 28

increased fat excretion in stool

Question 29

paralytic ileus

Answer 29

a condition in which the muscles of the intestines do not allow food to pass through, resulting in a blocked intestine