Glossary Flashcards
Cholangitis
Inflammation of bile duct
Cholecystectomy
Surgical removal of the gallbladder
Cholecystitis
Acute or chronic inflammation of the gallbladder
Cholecystokinin
A hormone secreted into the blood
Choledocholithiasis
Calculi within the bile duct
Common bile duct
Duct that Carries bile from cystic and hepatic duct to duodenum
Cystic duct
Gallbladder duct that joins with hepatic duct
Cholelithiasis
Formation or presence of calculi or bile stones within the gallbladder
Gallbladder
Pear shaped sac responsible for storing
Pneumonilia
Air within the bile ducts
Sludge
Solid semisolid or thickened bile within the gallbladder or bile
Phrygian cap
A fold within the gallbladder fundus
Junctional fold
Fold within the gallbladder body and neck
Sonographic Murphy sign
Pain over the gallbladder when the ultrasound transducer is used to compress the RUQ
What’s is the upper limit of normal the measurement of the gallbladder wall
3mm
Which of the following is NOT included in the portal triad
Hepatic vein
The normal measurement for an intrahepatic bile duct
Less than 2mm
The gallbladder is located
Main lobar fissure
What is the fold or kinking of the gallbladder fundus onto the body
Phrygian cap
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
Cholecystokinin
Which anatomic landmark can help locate a gallbladder that is difficult to visualize
Main lobar fissure
Which of the following is NOT a laboratory test that can be used to evaluate the biliary system
Lipase
Which of the following is not a symptom of the gallbladder disease
Hematuria
Extahepatic ducts
Made up of common bile duct and common hepatic duct- carry bile from the liver and gallbladder
Biliary Atresia
Most common type of obstructive biliary disease in infants and young children
Interposition of the gallbladder
The absence of the common hepatic duct and cystic duct
Multiseptated gallbladder
Rarest congenital gallbladder
Septate gallbladder
Thin linear echo may mimic a junctional fold
Gangrenous cholecystitis
Absent blood supply or infection and the gallbladder becomes ischemic
