P2: TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH GASTRIC JUICE ANALYSIS Flashcards
test meal of toasted bread and tea
Ewald test meal
test for completenesss of vagotomy
Hollander Test
smallest nasogastric tube
Levin tube
phenol-utilizing test for lactic acid; (+) yellow
Uffelman test
chemical stimulant that erodes gastric epithelium
Histamine
most widely used synthetic gastric HCl stimulant
Pentagastrin
produced by G cells of the stomach
Gastrin
inactive precursor of pepsin
Pepsinogen
absence of all gastric acid
Achylia
absence of free HCl after gastric stimulation
Achlorhydria
results in appearance of food residues
Pyloric obstruction
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Normal gastric juice pH
bacterium capable of lactate production
Boas-Oppler bacillus
test for presence of intrinsic factor
Schilling test
test for free HCl, total acids and protein-bound acids
Topfer test