Abdominal Flashcards
Bowel sounds
Intestinal sounds heard from auscultating over the abdomen, hyperactive, hypoactive, diminished, absent, tympanic
Cholecystitis
Inflammation of the gallbladder
Cholelithiasis
Production of gallstones
Cirrhosis
Scarring of the liver tissue due to internal pressure
Crohn’s/Colitis
Types of chronic inflammatory bowel disease
Diffuse
Generalized, not localized to any specific location
Distention
Enlarged or swollen due to internal pressure
Diverticulitis
Acute inflammation of the diverticuli pouches
Dunphy’s sign
Increased pain with coughing
Dyspepsia
Indigestion
Emesis
Vomiting
Epigastric
Upper central region of the abdomen
Gastroenteritis
General term for inflammation of the GI tract
Guarding
Tending of the abdominal wall muscles as to guard the internal organs indicative of true abdominal disease
Hematemesis
Vomiting of blood
Hepatomegaly
Enlarged liver
Hematochezia
Bright red blood in the stool
Hepatitis
Inflammation of the liver
Hernia
Contents of the body cavity bulge out of the area where the are normally contained
Ileus
lack of muscular contraction in the intestine leading to disruption of the bowel passage air/fluid levels on abdominal xray
Inguinal
Pertaining to the groin region
Intussusception
One portion of the intestine slides into the next, much like the pieces of a telescope
Mass
Any abdominal enlargement
MacBurney’s point
Pain with palpation of the RUQ during inspiration, indicative of cholecystitis