Pathology, Chapter Five, and Six

Question 1

anorexia

Answer 1

loss of appetite
A sign of malignancy, or liver disease.
Anorexia nervosa is psychological

Question 2

ascites

Answer 2

abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

Question 3

dysphagia

Answer 3

difficulty swellowing

Question 4

hematochezia

Answer 4

passage of fresh, bright red blood from the rectum

Question 5

jaundice

Answer 5

hyperbilirubinemia

yellow coloration caused by high bilirubin found in the blood

Question 6

melena

Answer 6

black, tarry stools; feces containing digested blood.

Question 7

steatorrhea

Answer 7

fat in the feces

Question 8

achalasia

Answer 8

failure of the lower esophagus sphincter (LES) muscle to relax

Question 9

gastroesophageal reflux disease GERD

Answer 9

solids and fluids return to the mouth from the stomach

Question 10

hernia

Answer 10

protrusion of an organ or part through the tissues and muscles normally containing it

Question 11

Crohn’s Disease

Answer 11

inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Question 12

Diverticulosis

Answer 12

abnormal out pouching (diverticula) in the intestinal wall of the colon.

Question 13

dysentery

Answer 13

painful inflamed intestines caused by bacterial infection

Question 14

hemorrhoids

Answer 14

swollen twister varicose veins in the rectal region

Question 15

intussisception

Answer 15

telescoping of the intrestines

Question 16

volvulus

Answer 16

twisting of the intestine on itself

Question 17

cholelithiasis

Answer 17

gallstones in the gallbladder

Question 18

cirrhosis

Answer 18

chronic degenerative disease of the liver