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GI terminology Flashcards

1
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Lack of appetite

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Anorexia

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subjective sensation of impending urge to vomit

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Nausea

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Queasiness –>retching, forceful ejection of upper gut contents from the mouth

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Vomiting/Emesis

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4
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Peristalsis of stomach and esophagus conducted with a closed glottis

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retching

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5
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effortless reflux of liquid or gastric or esophageal food contents in the absence of N/V

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regurgitation

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6
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Chewing and swallowing of food that is regurgitated volitionally after meals

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rumination

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7
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Gastric conditions where there is epithelial or endothelial damage without inflammation

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Gastropathy

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8
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Inflammation of the stomach with distinctive histologic and endoscopic features

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Gastritis

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9
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Expulsion of swallowed air, aka burping

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Eructation

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10
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hiccups

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singultus

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11
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gas or air in the GI tract expelled through the anus

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Flatus

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12
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vomiting blood

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hematemesis

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13
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a rumbling noise caused by propulsion of gas through the intestine

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borborygmi

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14
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ineffectual and painful straining at stool (or urination)

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tenesmus

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15
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repeated having bowel movements in places other than the toilet after the age when bowel control can be normally expected

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Encopresis

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16
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pertaining to or originating in a hospital

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nosocomial

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17
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A group of symptoms accompanying fulminant pulmonary edema and resulting in acute respiratory failure

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-ARDS: Acute respiratory Distress syndrome

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Diffuse inflammation of the soft or connective tissue due to infections (acute pancreatitis)

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Phlegmon

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19
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MRCP

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magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography

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20
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ERCP

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endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

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21
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EUS

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endoscopic ultrasound

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22
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general term for a group of GI disorders characterized by inflammation of the intestines, particularly the colon
-abdominal pain and cramps, straining at stool (tenesmus), and frequent passage of watery diarrhea or stools containing blood and mucus

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Dysentery

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23
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Passage of dark-colored, tarry stools, due to presence of blood altered by digestion

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melena

24
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passage of bright red blood or marron stools

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hematochezia

25
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pathologic accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity

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Ascites

26
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General accumulation of serous fluid in various tissues and body cavities

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Anasarca

27
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hand flapping associated with hepatic encephalopathy

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asterixis

28
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SAAG equation

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serum albumin - ascitic fluid albumin

29
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substernal burning sensation, aka heartburn

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pyrosis

30
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difficulty swallowing

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dysphagia

31
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painful swallowing

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odynophagia

32
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Postprandial epigastric discomfort

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dyspepsia

33
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stoppage or suppression of bile flow, due to factors within (intrahepatic) or outside the liver (extrahepatic)

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cholestasis

34
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Foreign body sensation localized in the neck that does not interfere with swallowing and sometimes relieved by swallowing. often occurs in setting of anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorders. . . often attributable to GERD

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Globus Pharyngeus

35
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bulky, light colored fatty stools

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steatorrhea

36
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the process of growing old

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senescence

37
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a profound and marked state of constitutional disorder; general ill health and malnutrition

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cachexia

38
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Intra-abdominal malignancy that metastisizes to left supraclavicular lymph node

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Virchow Node

39
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Intra-abdominal malignancy that metastisizes to umbilicus

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Sister Mary Joseph nodule

40
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Intra-abdominal malignancy that metastisizes to ovary

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Krukenberg tumor

41
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A firm lump felt in the perirectal pouch on rectal exam. Rare physical finding in pts with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the stomach

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Blumer shelf

42
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Flank Eccymosis secondary to intra-abdominal hemorrhage

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Grey Turner sign

43
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Eccymosis around the umbilicus secondary to intra-abdominal hemorrhage

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Cullen sign

44
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abdomen is hard, involuntary reflex

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rigidity

45
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pain in the RLQ during left-sided pressure - referred rebound tenderness seen in appendicitis

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Rovsing’s sign

46
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rebound tenderness or pain 1/3 of the distance from ASIS to umbilicus - may suggest appendicitis/peritoneal irritation

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McBurney’s point

47
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Palpate deeply under right costal margin during inspiration, and observe pain and/or sudden stop in inspiratory effort . . test for acute cholecystitis or cholelithiasis

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Murphy sign

48
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Enlarged non-tender gallbladder secondary to pancreatic disease or cancer

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Courvoisier’s sign

49
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Have the patient flex their hip against your resistance- increased abdominal pain is a + test . . suggest irritation of the psoas muscle from inflammation of the appendix

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Iliopsoas Muscle Test

50
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Flex the patients right thigh at the hip, with the knee bent, and rotate the leg internally at the hip . . Right hypogastric pain is + test . . irritation of obturator muscle from inflamed appendix

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Obturator muscle test

51
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Gently tapping the area of the back overlying the kidney (costovertebral angles) produces pain . . . suggests infection around the kidney or renal stone

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Lloyd punch/kidney punch/ CVA tenderness

52
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patient supine. doc strikes pts heel . . pain upon striking could indicate appendicitis/peritonitis

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Heel strike

53
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sign of tetany, inflate BP cuff and wrist flexes . . sign of hypocalcemia

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Trousseau sign

54
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migrating thrombophlebitis/DVT in respect to CA (pancreatic)

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Trousseau Syndrome/sign of malignancy

55
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tetany, tap of facial nerve and get facial twitching, sign of hypocalcemia

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chvostek sign

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