Digestive System Disorders Flashcards
A ROUND MASS OF FOOD READY TO BE SWALLOWED; A DOSE OF CONCENTRATED DRUG ADMINISTERED
BOLUS
A STONE DEVELOPING IN THE BODY
CALCLUS
OBSTRUCED FLOW OF BILE IN THE LIVER OR BILIARY TRACT
CHOLESTASIS
THICK, SEMIFLUID MIXTURE OF PARTIALLY DIGESTED FOOD PASSING OUT OF THE STOMACH INTO THE DUODENUM
CHYME
SURGICAL CREATION OF AN ARTIFICAL OPENING FROM THE COLON ONTO THE ABDOMINAL SURFACE
COLOSTOMY
A HARD MASS OF FECES, OFTEN IMPACTED, IN THE INTESTINE
FECALITH
THE PRODUCTON OF GLUCOES FROM PROTEIN OR FAT
GLUCONEOGENESIS
VOMITING BLOOD; MAY BE CALLED “COFFEE-GROUNDS” VOMITUS BECAUSE IT APPEARS BROWN AND GRANULAR
HEMATEMESIS
A POLYSACCARIDE, MADE UP OF GLUCOSE MOLECULES, STORED IN SKELETAL MUSCLE OR LIVER
GLYCOGEN
A SUBSTANCE THAT DAMAGES THE LIVER
HEPATOTOXIN
JAUNDICE
ICTERUS
BLACK, TARRY STOOL CAUSED BY BLEEDING IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT
MELENA
HIDDEN, DIFFICULT TO DETECT
OCCULT
AN INFLAMMATORY REACTION OF THE TISSUES SURROUNDING THE TOOTH
PERIODONITIS
SPASMS OR STRAINING ASSOCIATED WITH FORCED OR PAINFUL ELIMINATION OF URINE OR STOOL
TENESMUS
