function tests: GI

Question 1

with GI tests, you can test for suspected

Answer 1

malabsorption

Question 2

You can differentiate between intestinal ____ and _____ insufficiency

Answer 2

• intestinal malassimilation

- pancreatic insufficiency

Question 3

this is the inability of the GI tract to digest and/or absorb ingested nutrients

Answer 3

intestinal malassimilation

Question 4

Steatorrhea is increased

Answer 4

fat

Question 5

Amylorrhea is increased

Answer 5

starch

Question 6

Creatorrhea is

Answer 6

fecal muscle fibers

Question 7

Sudan’s Solution (stain) - makes things red-orange - is used to detect

Answer 7

Steatorrhea

Question 8

Lugol’s solution - makes things blue/black - is used to detect

Answer 8

Amylorrhea

Question 9

this is the product of deficient protein digestion (add trypsin to help)

Answer 9

Creatorrhea

Question 10

bulky, pale (gray/white), malodorous (smelly) stool is indicative of

Answer 10

Steatorrhea

Question 11

frank (obvious) fecal blood from the lower GI tract - not digested

Answer 11

Hematochezia

Question 12

testing for this is not a sensitive test for pancreatic malfunction

Answer 12

Amylorrhea