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25 Cards in this Set
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DIVERTICULA
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SMALL, BLIND POUCHES THAT FORM IN THE LINING AND WALL OF A CANAL OR ORGAN, ESPECIALLY THE COLON.
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ADHESION
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A HOLDING TOGETHER BY NEW TISSUE, PRODUCED BY INFLAMMATION OR INJURY, OF TWO STRUCTURES WHICH ARE NORMALLY SEPARATE.
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BILE
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A YELLOW OR GREENISH VISCID ALKALINE FLUID SECRET BY THE LIVER WHICH AIDS IN THE DIGESTION AND ABSORBTION OF FATS.
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GASTROSCOPY
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EXAMINATION OF THE WALLS OF THE STOMACH AND REMOVAL OF TISSUE SPECIMENS, IF DESIRED.
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FISTULA
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ABNORMAL PASSAGE LEADING FROM AN ABSESS OR HOLLOW ORGAN TO THE BODY SURFACE OF FROM ONE HOLLOW ORGAN TO ANOTHER.
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POLYP
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OUTWARD GROWTH FROM A MUCOUS MEMBRANE.
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VOLVULUS
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TORSION OF A LOOP OF INTESTINE CAUSING OBSTRUCTION (WITH OR WITHOUT STRANGULATION).
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ANASTOMOSIS
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UNION OF PARTS OR BRANCHES SO AS TO INTERCOMMUNICATE.
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BILIARY TRACT
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SYSTEM OF BODY PARTS CONVEYING BILE.
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FISSURE
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NARROW OPENING OR CRACK OF CONSIDERABLE LENGTH AND DEPTH.
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INTUSSUSCEPTION
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INVAGINATION OF PROXIMAL INTESTINE INTO THE LUMEN OF THE DISTAL INTESTINE CAUSING INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION.
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PYLORIC STENOSIS
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CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY RESULTING IN THE NARROWING OF THE OPENING BETWEEN THE STOMACH AND THE DUODENUM.
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ATRESIA
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IMPERFORATION OR CLOSURE OF A NORMAL TUBULAR OPENING OF THE BODY.
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CHOLANGIOGRAM
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INJECTION OF RADIOPAQUE (CONTRAST MEDIA) SOLUTION INTO THE CYSTIC DUCT OR INTO A TUBE PLACED IN THE COMMON BILE TO PERMIT X-RAY IDENTIFICATION OF THE BILIARY DUCTUAL SYSTEM.
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RESECTION
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PARTIAL EXCISION OF A STRUCTURE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE REMAINING PARTS.
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SPHINCTER
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RING-LIKE MUSCLE WHICH CLOSES A NATURAL ORIFICE OR OPENING.
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CHOLECYSTITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE GALLBLADDER.
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ANOSCOPY
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EXAMINATION OF THE MUCOSA OF THE ANAL CANAL.
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CHOLELITHIASIS
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PRESENCE OF STONES IN THE GALLBLADDER.
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SIGMOIDOSCOPY
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EXAMINATION OF THE SIGMOID COLON AND RECTUM AND REMOVAL OF POLYPS AND TISSUE SPECIMENS, IF DESIRED.
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ESOPHAGOSCOPY
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EXAMINATION OF THE ESOPHAGUS.
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DYSPHAGIA
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DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING.
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HEPATIC RESECTION
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SMALL WEDGE OR NEEDLE BIOPSY, SIMPLE TUMOR EXCISION, OR MAJOR LOBECTOMY FOR HEPATIC DISEASE DIAGNOSIS, METASTATIC OR PRIMARY CARCINOMA, OR SEVERE LACERATION OF THE LIVER.
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CHOLEDOCHOSCOPY
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EXAMINATION OF THE COMMON BILE DUCT.
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COLONOSCOPY
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EXAMINATION OF THE ENTIRE COLON FROM ANUS TO ILEOCECAL VALVE AND REMOVAL OF POLYPS AND TISSUE SPECIMENS, IF DESIRED.
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