Chapter 6

stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening

vomiting

destruction, breakdown, separation

digestion

eating, swallowing

surgical repair

drooping; sagging; protruding

busting forth ( of blood)

suture

flwo, discharge

involuntary contraction of muscles

stopping; controlling

tightening, stricture, narrowing

opening

Alkaline phosphatase

alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase- enzumes measured to evaluate liver function

barium enema

birght red blood per rectumhematochezia

computed tomography

esophaogastroduodenoscopy

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

endoscopic ultrasounography

fecal occult blood test

gastrostomy tube; aka stomach tube and PEG tube used to introudce nutrients into the stomach after insertion through the abdominal wall with laparosopic insturments

gallbladder

gastroesophageal reflux disease

gastrointestional

hepatities B virus

inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis)

laparoscopic- assisted colectomy

live function test- alk phons, bilirubin, AST ALT

magnetic resonance imaging

nasogatic tube

nothing by mouth

percutaneous endosopic gastrostomy tube feeding tube