Chapter 5 - Pathology - Signs/Symptoms

Question 0

ascites

Answer 0

-abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

Question 1

anorexia

Answer 1

-lack of apetite

Question 2

borborygmus

borborygmi; plural

Answer 2

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

Question 3

constipation

Answer 3

-difficulty in passing stools

Question 4

diarrhea

Answer 4

-frequent passage of loose, watery stools

Question 5

dysphagia

Answer 5

-difficulty in swallowing

Question 6

eructation

Answer 6

-gas expelled from the stomach through the mouth; belching

Question 7

flatus

Answer 7

-gas expelled through the anus; flatulence

Question 8

hematochezia

Answer 8

-passage of fresh, bright red blood from the rectum

Question 9

jaundice (icterus)

Answer 9

-yellow-orange coloration of the skin and whites of the eyes caused by high levels of bilirubin in the blood (hyperbilirubinemia)

Question 10

melena

Answer 10

-black, tarry stools; feces containing digested blood

Question 11

nausea

Answer 11

-unpleasant sensation in the stomach associated with a tendency to vomit

Question 12

steatorrhea

Answer 12

-fat in the feces; frothy, foul-smelling fecal matter