The Gastrointestinal Tract and Abdominal Wall Vocabulary and Pathology Flashcards
Inflammation of the appendix
Acute appendicitis
Cancer originating in the glandular tissue
Adenocarcinoma
A dense, calcified stone within the appendix
Appendicolith
A disorder in which the immune system attacks normal tissue
Autoimmune Disorder
Masses of various ingested materials that may cause an intestinal obstruction
Bezoars
A sonographic sign associated with pyloric stenosis in the long axis
Cervix Sign
A sonographic sign associated with the appearance of intussusception
Cinnamon Bun Sign
Operator-applied transducer pressure on a structure during a sonographic examination
Compression Sonography
An autoimmune disease characterized by periods of inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract
Crohn Disease
The inflammation of the diverticuli within the digestive tract, most often int the sigmoid colon
Diverticulitis
The development of small outpouchings termed diverticuli in the digestive tract, most often in the sigmoid colon
Diverticulosis
A sonographic sign associated with pyloric stenosis in the short axis
Doughnut Sign
The proximal portion of the duodenum closest to the stomach
Duodenal Bulb
A stone that contains that contains feces
Fecalith
An abnormality in which fluid is allowed to reflux out of the stomach back into the esophagus
Gastroesophageal Reflux
The proximal segment of the bowel with intussusception
Intussusceptum
The distal segment of the bowel with intussusception
Intussuscipiens
A bezoar that consists of powdered milk
Lactobezoar
A common congenital outpouching of the wall of the small intestine
Meckel Diverticulum
Abnormal rotation of the bowel that leads to a proximal small bowel obstruction
Midgut Malrotation
Not containing bile
Nonbilious
When the pyloric sphincter muscle is enlarged and palpable on physical examination of the abdomen; often indicative of pyloric stenosis
Olive Sign
Fat around the intestines
Perienteric Fat
Contractions that move in a wavelike pattern to propel a substance
Peristalsis
A bezoar that consists of vegetable matter
Phytobezoars
A temporary spasm and thickening of the pyloric sphincter that can replicate the sonographic appearance of pyloric stenosis
Pylorospasm
Feces that contains a mixture of mucus and bloody common finding in patients suffering from intussusception
Red Currant Jelly Stools
The sonographic appearance of the hyperechoic edematous connective tissue that surrounds the inflamed appendix
Thyroid in the Belly Sign
A bezoar that consists of matted hair
Trichobezoars
A blind-ended tube that is connected to the cecum of the colon
Vermiform Appendix
A situation in which a loop of bowel twists upon itself
Volvulus
