Test 2 Chapter 17

Question 1

Autodigestion

Answer 1

Pancreatic enzymes destroy its own tissue leading to inflammation (pancreatitis)

Question 2

Calculi

Answer 2

Masses that form in the bile (gallstones)

Question 3

Cholestasis

Answer 3

Obstructed flow of the bile

Question 4

Colostomy

Answer 4

Surgery in which a piece of the colon is diverted to an artificial opening in the abdominal wall so as to bypass a damaged part of the colon.

Question 5

Fecalith

Answer 5

Stony mass of feces in the intestine

Question 6

Gastrectomy

Answer 6

Surgery to remove all or part of the stomach

Question 7

Hematemesis

Answer 7

Brown and granular vomit that contains blood from partial digestion of protein in the blood

Question 8

Hepatotoxins

Answer 8

Can cause inflammation and necrosis in the liver

Question 9

Hyperbilirubinemia

Answer 9

Jaundice

Question 10

Icterus

Answer 10

Jaundice

Question 11

Ileostomy

Answer 11

Opening in the belly (abdominal wall) that’s made during surgery.

Question 12

Impaction

Answer 12

Mass of dry, hard stool that can’t be eliminated by a normal bowel movement

Question 13

Melena

Answer 13

Dark tar colored stool from significant bleeding that has occurred higher in the digestive tract

Question 14

Mesentary

Answer 14

Double layer of peritoneum that supports the intestines that conveys blood supply

Question 15

Multiparity

Answer 15

Giving birth to several children

Question 16

Occult

Answer 16

Small hidden amounts of blood that are not visible to the eye but are detectable in a specimen

Question 17

Periodontitis

Answer 17

Infection and damage to periodontal ligament and bone resulting in loosened of lost teeth

Question 18

Retroperitoneal

Answer 18

Posterior to the stomach against the abdominal wall and behind the parietal peritoneum

Question 19

Steatorrhea

Answer 19

“fatty” diarrhea seen commonly in celiac disease and cystic fibrosis

Question 20

Stricture

Answer 20

Area of narrowing in the intestines.

Question 21

Tenesmus

Answer 21

Persistent spasms of the rectum associated with the need to defecate

Question 22

Ulcerogenic

Answer 22

Tend to produce or develop into ulcers (aspirin)