GI Formative Sessions 1-7

Question 1

What characteristic would make a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis more likely than Crohn’s disease

Answer 1

Presence of disease in the rectum as Crohns often spares the rectum and most people with UC have an affected rectum

Question 2

Characteristic features of Crohns but not UC

Answer 2

Fistulas, presence of disease in the terminal ileum, presence of perianal disease

Question 3

What does GLUT 2 do

Answer 3

Moves glucose out of the enterocyte across the basolateral membrane

Question 4

What does GLUT 5 do

Answer 4

Move fructose across the apical membrane of the enterocyte

(From gut lumen into enterocyte)

Question 5

What does SGLT 1 do

Answer 5

Sodium glucose linked transporter that co-transports them from the gut into the enterocyte

Question 6

What blood test when raised would reliably indicate that a gallstone is stuck in the common bile duct

Answer 6

Conjugated billirubin levels

Question 7

Why are raised conjugated billirubin levels seen

Answer 7

If the passage of bile is blocked and cannot flow into gut

billirubin levels in plasma increase

Blockage is after the liver has conjugated billirubin

Question 8

ALP tends to rise in

Answer 8

Biliary obstruction and bone disease

Question 9

Which curve of the stomach is most prone to ulceration

Answer 9

Lesser curve

Question 10

Which location is most common for peptic ulceration

Answer 10

First part of the duodenum

Question 11

What does this show

Answer 11

view through endoscope of distal portion of oesophagus

Characteristic salmon pink mucosa associated with the metaplastic change in Barrett’s oesophagus