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Physiology of Alimentary Canal
What is the alimentary canal,
What is the role of sphincters,
What is the role of the accessory...
94
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Metabolic Pathways
What is glycogenesis,
What is glycogenolysis,
What is glycogen
119
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Physiology of Feeding and Satiety
What is energy homeostasis,
What is obesity,
How is obesity viewed
40
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Physiology and drugs of Gastric Secretions
What causes the stomach to relax,
What is the role of the stomach,
How absorptive is the stomach
72
cards
Nutrition and Public heath
What can 29 of 13 most common can...,
What are the two main cancers of ...,
What are the modifiable risk fact...
53
cards
Anatomy- Upper GI Tract
What are the components of the gi...,
What is the function of the upper...,
What does mastication facilitate
91
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Staging of Bowl Cancer
List the layer of the bowl from o...,
What does the mucosa consist of,
What colour are stained goblet cells
30
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Physiology of Digestion and absorption
What is the major site for digest...,
What are the three parts of the s...,
What does the small intestine rec...
128
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Anatomy- Abdominal Pain
What are the parts of the small i...,
What are the parts of the large i...,
What are the parts of the colon
96
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Anatomy- Jaundice
What is jaundice,
What causes jaundice,
What is bilirubin
177
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Mucosal Immunity
What are the physiological functi...,
What makes the mucosal tissues hi...,
Give an example of a non pathogen...
76
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Pathology- the small bowl
What is the small bowl,
What is the innermost cell of the...,
What is the main function of the ...
43
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Eating Disorders
What is anorexia nervosa,
What is bulimia nervosa,
What are a typical eating disorders
19
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Intestinal Failure
What is the definition of intesti...,
What can intestinal failure be ca...,
What is intestinal failure charac...
30
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Malnutrition
What is malnutrition,
What are the disease related caus...,
What can cause a decreased intake...
44
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Malabsorption
What is malabsorption,
What leads to malabsorption,
What are the common causes of mal...
57
cards
Oral Medicine
Give an example of an oro facial ...,
What can present in the mouth in ...,
How does crohns affect the mouth
50
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Endoscope
What is on a basic endoscope,
What are the specialised types of...,
What are the uses of and endoscope
18
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Embryology
What does the endoderm form in th...,
What does the visceral mesoderm f...,
Why is rotation important
13
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Histology
What is the role of the oral cavi...,
What is the role of the salivary ...,
What is the role of the pharynx
48
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GI Haemorrhage
Describe melaena,
What is vomiting blood called,
What are the most common causes f...
40
cards
Anatomy- GI bleeds
What is the colon made of from pr...,
What makes up the large intestine,
What are the functions of the lar...
56
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Pathology- Colorectal Carcinoma
What is between the epithelium an...,
What is a polyp,
Is a polyp benign or malignant
74
cards
Physiology and Pharmacology of the large intestine (laxatives and purgatives)
What makes up the large intestine,
What are the parts of the colon,
Describe the smooth muscle of the...
48
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Dyspepsia and Peptic Ulcer Disease
What is dyspepsia,
What are the symptoms in romes cr...,
Where does the foregut start and end
43
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Large Bowl Benign
What are the common benign condit...,
What are the less common bening c...,
What is diverticular disease
51
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IBS
What are the symptoms irritable b...,
What are thought to be the causes...,
What are the two types of viscera...
21
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Gastroenteritis
What are common causative organis...,
How is gastritis mostly treated,
How is it spread
77
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Infections and Sepsis
How is gut flora a supraorganism,
Describe the normal flora of the ...,
Do you have the same normal flora...
77
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Radiology and Anatomy- good revision
What can ultrasound penetrate,
What can cause indentation of an ...,
What is the oesophagus posterior ...
68
cards
IBD
What type of bug is tb,
What is crohns disease,
Where is crohns most common
142
cards
Tropical Diseases
What should you ask in a history ...,
What can cause a fever in a retur...,
What is acute travellers diarrhoea
23
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Water Balance in the G.I. tract
Describe the absorption of water ...,
What is faeces made of,
What is diarrhoea in terms of fluids
43
cards
Oral and Oesophageal Pathology
What is the anatomical relations ...,
What is the z line,
What cells make up a normal oesop...
47
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Viral Hepatitis
What do hepatitis viruses cause,
How is hep a spread,
What are the clusters of hep a
61
cards
GORD and Dysmotility
What are the causes of gord,
What are the symptoms of gord,
How can gord and dysmotility be i...
17
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Anatomy- Faecal Continence
What is the role of the rectum,
What senses the fullness stretchi...,
What can affect faecal continence
73
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Physiology and Pharmacology of the Liver
What are the three main metabolic...,
Describe the processes the liver ...,
What does the liver synthesise af...
45
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Alcohol
How many units per week,
How many deaths per year in scotland,
Are women or men more likely to g...
34
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Liver Lesions
What are solid liver lesions in o...,
What are solid liver lesions in c...,
In non cirrhotic patients what is...
68
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Biochem of the Liver
Where does the liver excrete unwa...,
Name a plasma protein,
Why is faeces white in end stage ...
49
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Pathology- Liver
Where is the liver,
What is the periportal zone,
What is the mid acinar zone
114
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Chronic Liver Disease
What is the outcome of chronic li...,
When does liver disease become ch...,
What is the difference between co...
99
cards
Pathology- Biliary tree and Pancreas
What is cholelithiasis,
What are gallstones,
What are the components of normal...
42
cards
Pathology- stomach
Where does the pyloric channel end,
What can cause acute gastritis,
What can cause chronic gastritis
38
cards
Small bowel and Appendix
What position are most appendicitis,
When does an appendicitis usually...,
What can cause an appendicits
39
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Metabolism Revision
Where does fatty acid synthesis o...,
What breaks down triglycerides in...,
What acitvates fatty acids
119
cards
Pathology- Large Intestine
What is psuedomembranous colitis,
What can a blocked and inflamed d...,
What are the symptoms of divertic...
32
cards
Physiology and Pharmacology of Nausea and Vomiting
What is emesis,
What is nausea,
What is vomiting
54
cards
Coeliac disease
What is coeliac disease,
What are the symptoms of coeliac ...,
What is the treatment for coeliac...
5
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Gastric-Oesophageal Cancer
What are the features of gastric ...,
What does a high urea on its own ...,
What is boerhaaves
15
cards
Interventions
What does f in frames stand for,
What does r in frames stand for,
What does a in frames stand for
6
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LFTs
What is jaundice,
What is bilirubin a marker of,
What are the liver function tests
59
cards
Acute Liver disease and FHF
Can people with cirrhosis have no...,
What is acute liver disease,
What does acute liver failure
21
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Antimicrobial Resistance
What is under dosing,
What general things are antibioti...,
How many people die a year from a...
21
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Hepatitis viral tests
What does hbsag show,
What does hbcigm show,
What does hbeag show
8
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Biliary Tract Disease
What are the symptoms of gall stones,
What causes gall stones,
What are the different types of g...
38
cards
Prescribing in liver disease
What are the main features of cir...,
What is the result of portal hype...,
Why does a blood shunt affect dru...
55
cards
Psychiatry
What is a globus sensation,
How is a globus treated,
What is functional dysphagia
24
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Ano-rectal Disease
What are haemorrhoids,
What does the dentate lie separat...,
Describe external haemorrhoids
30
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Complications of surgery
What are the cardio complications,
What are the types of haemorrhage...,
How does a haemorrhage present
46
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Pancreas- Inflammation and tumours
Where is the uncinate process,
What is the venous drainage of th...,
What is the exocrine function of ...
52
cards
Bowel Obstruction
What happens to the bowel proxima...,
How can an upper small bowel obst...,
How does a distal large bowel obs...
48
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Hernia
Why are inguinal hernias more com...,
What is the usual presentation of...,
What makes up the posterior wall ...
29
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