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19 Cards in this Set
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This is a mucosa-lined blind pouch whose lumen communicates with the lumen of the ileum.
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Meckel's diverticulum
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What is the telescoping of a segment of the small intestine into the immediately distal segment?
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Intussusception
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This is a complete twisting of a bowel loop about its mesenteric base,
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Volvulus
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Where is there most likely to be a carcinoid tumor in the GI tract?
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Midgut (75%)- terminal ileum, appendix, right colon
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What is the most common acute abdominal condition requiring surgery?
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Acute appendicitis
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This disease is only seen in the rectum and leads to dialation and hypertrophy of the unaffected proximal colon (megacolon).
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Hirschsprung's disease
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What portion of the GI tract is most likely to develope diverticular disease?
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Large Intestine
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What is clinically significant about diverticular disease?
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Can cause obstruction or perforation, bleeding and diverticulitis, or pericolic abcess, peritonitis,and chronic blood loss.
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This is a granulomatous disease affecting any portion of the gut, most often the small intestine and colon.
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Crohn's disease
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Antibiotic-associated colitis is an acute colitis characterized by the formation of an adherent, inflamitory "membrane" overlying sites of mucosal injury caused by ______ .
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C.difficile toxins
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T/F Adenomas are precursors to cancer.
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True
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What are the four most common causes for adult aquired esophageal stenosis?
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Gastroesophageal reflux, Radiation, Scleroderma, and Caustic injury
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This is an outpouching of one or more layers of the esophageal wall.
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DIverticulum
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This is the most common cause of esophagitis in adults.
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Reflux esophangitis - injury to the esophageal mucosa due to reflux of gastric contents.
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This esophageal disorder increases risk for the development of adenocarcinoma by 30x.
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Barrett esophagus
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Narrowing of the pyloric lumen secondary to muscular hypertrophy.
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Pyloric stenosis
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T/F Peptic ulcers occur almost exclusivly in adults and not in children.
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True
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Giant cerebriform enlargment of gastric rugal folds.
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Hypertrophic gastropathy
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Name four dietary risk factors for developing gastric carcinoma.
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Nitrates, smoked food, salted food, pickled vegetables, & lack of fresh fruits & vegetables
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