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Glossary Flashcards

1
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Cholangitis

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Inflammation of bile duct

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2
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Cholecystectomy

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Surgical removal of the gallbladder

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3
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Cholecystitis

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Acute or chronic inflammation of the gallbladder

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4
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Cholecystokinin

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A hormone secreted into the blood

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5
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Choledocholithiasis

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Calculi within the bile duct

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Common bile duct

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Duct that Carries bile from cystic and hepatic duct to duodenum

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7
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Cystic duct

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Gallbladder duct that joins with hepatic duct

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8
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Cholelithiasis

A

Formation or presence of calculi or bile stones within the gallbladder

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Gallbladder

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Pear shaped sac responsible for storing

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10
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Pneumonilia

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Air within the bile ducts

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11
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Sludge

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Solid semisolid or thickened bile within the gallbladder or bile

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12
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Phrygian cap

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A fold within the gallbladder fundus

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13
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Junctional fold

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Fold within the gallbladder body and neck

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14
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Sonographic Murphy sign

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Pain over the gallbladder when the ultrasound transducer is used to compress the RUQ

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15
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What’s is the upper limit of normal the measurement of the gallbladder wall

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3mm

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16
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Which of the following is NOT included in the portal triad

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Hepatic vein

17
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The normal measurement for an intrahepatic bile duct

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Less than 2mm

18
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The gallbladder is located

A

Main lobar fissure

19
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What is the fold or kinking of the gallbladder fundus onto the body

A

Phrygian cap

20
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Which of the following is the hormone that causes the gallbladder to contract and the sphincter of oddi to relax allowing bile to flow from the gallbladder to the small intestine

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Cholecystokinin

21
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Which anatomic landmark can help locate a gallbladder that is difficult to visualize

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Main lobar fissure

22
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Which of the following is NOT a laboratory test that can be used to evaluate the biliary system

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Lipase

23
Q

Which of the following is not a symptom of the gallbladder disease

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Hematuria

24
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Extahepatic ducts

A

Made up of common bile duct and common hepatic duct- carry bile from the liver and gallbladder

25
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Biliary Atresia

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Most common type of obstructive biliary disease in infants and young children

26
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Interposition of the gallbladder

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The absence of the common hepatic duct and cystic duct

27
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Multiseptated gallbladder

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Rarest congenital gallbladder

28
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Septate gallbladder

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Thin linear echo may mimic a junctional fold

29
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Gangrenous cholecystitis

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Absent blood supply or infection and the gallbladder becomes ischemic

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