Ch: 5 Digestive System Pathology

Question 1

anorexia

Answer 1

lack of appetite

Question 2

ascites

Answer 2

abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

Question 3

borborygmus (plural - borborygmi)

Answer 3

rumbling or gurgling noise produced by the movement of gas, fluid or both in the GI tract

Question 4

constipation

Answer 4

difficulty in passing stools (feces).

Question 5

diarrhea

Answer 5

frequent passage of loose, watery stools

Question 6

dysphagia

Answer 6

difficulty in swallowing

Question 7

eructation

Answer 7

gas expelled from the stomach through the mouth

Question 8

flatus

Answer 8

gas expelled through the anus, flatulence is excessive gas in the stomach and intestines

Question 9

hematachezia

Answer 9

passage of bright red blood from the rectum.

Question 10

jaundice (icterus)

Answer 10

yellow-orange coloration of the skin and conjunctiva caused by hyperbilirubinemia

Question 11

causes of jaundicestruction of bile flow ie.

Answer 11

hemolysis, malfunction of hepatocytes due to liver disease preventing the liver from excreting bilirubin with bile or obstruction of bile flow such as from choledocholithiasis or tumor

Question 12

melena

Answer 12

black, tarry stool, (feces containing digested blood

Question 13

nausea

Answer 13

sensation of needing to vomit