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
PRODUCING OR AGGRAVATING ULCERS
ULCEROGENIC
PORTION OF SMALL INTESTINE THAT JOINS WITH LARGE INTESTINE
ILEUM
PORTION OF SMALL INTESTINE THAT RECEIVES SECRETIONS FROM THE PANCREAS AND LIVER
DUODENUM
HOW MANY DIVISIONS ARE THERE IN THE PHARYNX
3
HOW MANY LOBES DOES THE LIVER HAVE
2
STORAGE OF BILE
GALLBLADDER
FIRST PORTION OF THE LARGE INTESTINE
CECUM
TERMINAL PORTION OF THE LARGE INTESTINE
ANAL CANAL
MEMBRANE LINING THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY
PERITONEUM
UNIT OF THE CYSTIC DUCT AND HEPATIC DUCT
COMMON BILE DUCT
PRODUCES BILE
LIVER
