Chp 6 Additional Digestive Terms

Question 1

-ectasis

Answer 1

dilation

Question 2

-pepsia

Answer 2

digestion

Question 3

-phagia

Answer 3

eat, swallowing

Question 4

-ptysis

Answer 4

spitting

Question 5

-rrhage

Answer 5

burst forth

Question 6

-rrhapy

Answer 6

suture

Question 7

-tresia

Answer 7

opening

Question 8

sialaden

Answer 8

salivary gland

Question 9

steat

Answer 9

fat

Question 10

dysphagia

Answer 10

difficulty swallowing

Question 11

dysplasia

Answer 11

abnormal formation

Question 12

dysphasia

Answer 12

abnormal speech or finding the right words

Question 13

chol

Answer 13

gall/bile

Question 14

cholangi

Answer 14

bile vessel

Question 15

cholecyst

Answer 15

gallbladder

Question 16

choledoch

Answer 16

common bile duct

Question 17

two enzymes produced in pancreas

Answer 17

amylase and lipase

Question 18

liver function tests (4)

Answer 18

AST, ALT, alkaline phosphate, total bilirubin

Question 19

a more specific liver malfunction test than AST is

Answer 19

ALT (alanine transminase)

Question 20

what infection is ALT good for monitoring?

Answer 20

hepatitis

Question 21

enzyme presnt in tissue of high metabolic activity, released into blood stream following injury or death of cells

Answer 21

AST aspartate transaminase

Question 22

orginating in the bone liver and placenta, used as a tumor marker for liver and bone disease

Answer 22

Alkaline Phosphate (ALP)

Question 23

results from the breakdown of hemoglobin, by product of hemolysis

Answer 23

bilirubin

Question 24

rise in serum bilirubin indicates

Answer 24

destruction of RBCs or liver unable to excrete normal amounts

Question 25

high levels of serum bilirubin is associated with which sign on a pt?

Answer 25

jaundice

Question 26

direct bilirubin (bound to albumin) indicates

Answer 26

liver disease or biliary tract obstruction

Question 27

indirect bilirubin (circulates freely) indicates

Answer 27

hemolysis

Question 28

identifies parasites, enteric disease, and viruses in intestinal tract

Answer 28

stool culture

Question 29

can you use stool passed into the toilet in your culture

Answer 29

NOOOOOO

Question 30

detection of blood in the stool

Answer 30

stool guaiac/hemoccult

Question 31

hemoccult indicated an ____ GI bleed or presence of a ___ ulcer

Answer 31

upper, gastric

Question 32

real benefit to hemoccult test

Answer 32

screening for colonic carcinoma

Question 33

x ray of large intestines, bowel prep done beforehand, inject barium enema

Answer 33

lower gastrointestinal series

Question 34

barium swalow and small bowel follow through is

Answer 34

an upper GI series

Question 35

what is the upper GI series useful for detecting

Answer 35

cancer, ulcers, narrowing of esophagus

Question 36

x ray that can show whether there is blockage in liver or bile ducts

Answer 36

Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogrpahy

Question 37

close view of gallbladder drainage system and the pancreas, placed down pt throat

Answer 37

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatopgraphy (ERCP)

Question 38

MRI used to evaluate various conditions in pancreaticobiliary duct

Answer 38

MRCP (magnetic Resonance cholangiopancreatography)

Question 39

what is considered diagnostically equivalent to ERCP but with less morbidity

Answer 39

MRCP

Question 40

invented by hounesfield, x ray tube rotates in circle around pt, taking pics as rotates (like slices of bread)

Answer 40

CT (computed tomography)

Question 41

painless way to view structures inside abd using sound waves and sonar detection that generates black and white pictures

Answer 41

abdominal ultrasound

Question 42

endoscopic ultrasonography

Answer 42

endoscope inserted through mouth, US images

Question 43

can biopsies be done with endoscopic US?

Answer 43

yes

Question 44

non-invasive procedure that uses magnetics and radio waves to construct a picture

Answer 44

MRI

Question 45

MRI causes exposure to ionizing radiation (T/F)

Answer 45

FALSE, it does not have any exposure to ionizing radiation

Question 46

what patients should not have an MRI

Answer 46

metallic objects/devices inside them

Question 47

what does HIDA stand for?

Answer 47

Hepatobiliary Iminodiacetic Acid or Cholescintigraphy

Question 48

following overnight fast, IV bolus of radioactive tracer injected and flows into gallbladder

Answer 48

HIDA scan

Question 49

what does the HIDA scan track?

Answer 49

the flow of bile from the liver to the small intestines

Question 50

transplant of stool sample from healthy colon to diseased colon to treat bacterial infxn

Answer 50

fecal microbiota transplant (FMT)

Question 51

what type of bacteria is a fecal microbiota transplant more often used for?

Answer 51

C. Diff

Question 52

how can the FMT be inserted into healthy colon

Answer 52

colonoscopy, endoscopy, enema, or oral capsule (um ew)

Question 53

done for patients to achieve weight loss

Answer 53

bariatric surgery

Question 54

how does bariatric surgery work?

Answer 54

size of stomach is reduced and food is diverted to jejunum

Question 55

what are the 4 types of bariatric surgeries

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1. Adjustable gastric band 2. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass 3. Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy 4. Biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch

Question 56

fiberoptic tube passed through mouth or anus. used to find number of diseases and infections, can take biopsies during procedure

Answer 56

gastrointestinal endoscopy

Question 57

GI endoscopy types

Answer 57

EGD, colonoscopy, CT colonoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy, Proctoscopy, Anoscopy

Question 58

visual exam of abd with laparoscopy inserted through small incisions

Answer 58

laparoscopy

Question 59

what gas distends abd during laparoscopy

Answer 59

CO2

Question 60

benefits of laparoscopy

Answer 60

less invasive, smaller scars, shorter recovery time, decreased risk of adhesions

Question 61

obtains sample of liver to be examined

Answer 61

liver biopsy

Question 62

pass through nose into stomach used to remove fluid or for enteral feedings

Answer 62

NG tube

Question 63

needle inserted through abd wall to obtain a sample of any fluid that is present

Answer 63

paracentesis