GI Flashcards
What enzyme is elevated in biliary colic?
CCK (causes gallbladder contraction)
What syndrome is ZE syndrome commonly associated with?
(hint, the 3 P’s)
MEN 1
assoc with parathyroid adenomas which can cause elevated Ca levels
What is the mechanism of Anascara (or swelling from ascites)?
decreased plasma colloid oncotic pressure
In pancreatic insuffiecency, protein digestion can become impaired. What enzyme would normally do the protein digestion?
trypsin
which layer of the bowel is most susceptible to ischemia in intussuception?
the innermost layer, the mucosa
G cells, which produce Gastrin, are found wher?
the antrum of the pylorus
What artery supplies the pylorus of the stomach?
gastroduodenal A. supplied by common hepatic A.
Are indirect inguinal hernias lateral or medial to inferior epigastric vessels?
lateral
What artery runs posterior/superior to the pancreas?
splenic artery
what anastomosis causes caput medusae
portal periumbilical veins to systemic epigastric veins
stem might ask portal source v. systemic source
what artery serves the gallbladder
common hepatic a
what runs in the hepatoduodenal l. ?
portal triad: common bile duct, hepatic a.,portal v
if a hernia passes below the inguinal L., that rules out waht two types and what is the dx?
rules out direct and indirect, so has to be femoral
anorectal varices are caused by anastomosis between what vessels?
superior and inferior rectal v.
What a does the gastroduodenal a branch from?
common hepatic a.
