Alimentary Tract Pathology Oral Cavity, Tongue, Oesophagus Flashcards
Oral cavity - dysfunction/responses to injury (3)

Oral cavity - portals of entry/pathways of spread (2)

Oral cavity - defense mechanisms (4)

Oral cavity - developmental anomalies (9)

Oral cavity - developmental anomalies - Palatoschisis and cheiloschisis (5)








Brachygnatia inferior - short mandible

Brachygnatia superior - short maxilla
Oral cavity inflammation terminology (6)

Types of inflammation - stomatitis (5)

Causes of vesicular stomatitis (8)

Vesicle

Mucosal layers + vesicle

Highlighted - where vesicle lies between


Vesicular stomatitis - macroscopic appearance
Causes of ulcerative/erosive stomatitis (11)

Erosion

Ulcer

Classification of ulcerative/erosive stomatitis (2)















Necrotising stomatis (7)



Types of eosinophilic stomatitis (2)














Plasma cells

Lymphoplasmacytic stomatitis - lymphocytes
Lymphoplasmacytic stomatitis (4)



Diagnostic methods of alimentary system (5)

Wooden tongue (6)



















Systemic disease: secondary involvement of the tongue - thrush (4)








Systemic disease: secondary involvement of the tongue - uremic glossitis
Oesophagus - inflammation causes (6)

Oesophagus - choke definition
Oesophageal obstruction subsequent to stenoses (abnormal narrowing) or blockage
Oesophagus - choke - obstruction sites and consequences (10)







Oesophagus - megaoesophagus definition
Dilation of the oesophagus because of insufficient, absent, or uncoordinated peristalsis in the mid and cervical oesophagus
Oesophagus - megaoesophagus causes (8)

Breeds predisposed to idiopathic megaoesophagus (8)

PDA
Patent ductus arteriosus

Breeds predisposed to PDA (patent ductus arteriosus) megaoesophagus (3)







Oesophagus - portals of entry/pathways of spread (4)

Oesophagus defence mechanisms (4)
