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upper duodenal area just beyond the pylorus
duodenal bulb
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easily broken or pulverized
friable
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enzyme secreted in the stomach that begins the digestion of PROTEINS
pepsin
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having punpoint punctures of depressions on the surface, marked with dots
punctate
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accessory organs of digestion (3)
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bottom part of stomach
pylorus
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top part of stomach (juts out past esoph)
fundus
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from the top down, order of duodenum, jejunum, ileum, colon
D J I C
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the endocrine part of the pancreas does this
secretes insulin into the blood
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the exocrine part of the pancreas does this
produces digestive enzymes into the gut. they break down proteins, carbohydrates and fats
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enlarged veins in the mucous membrans of the anal canal
hemorrhoids
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rumbling or gurgling noises heard at a distance!
borborygmus
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lack of nutrition and wasting (dz or mental)
cachexia
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cholelithiasis can have stones in 2 places:
- gall bladder
- common bile duct
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spasm with pain, usually in colon
colic
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dark tarry poops, bc of altered blood (by intestinal juice)
melena
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involuntary wavelike movement in GI tract
peristalsis
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passage of fat in the poops bc can't digest/absorb it
steatorrhea
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blood tests that look at metabolism, storage, filtration, excretory
LFTs (liver function tests)
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stool culture vs stool guaiac
- culture: grow microbes from poops in the lab
- guaiac: put the guaiac on a poop sample to look for blood
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radiographic examination of the salivary glands
sialography
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ERCP
endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreat-ography
(looks at bile and pancreatic ducts)
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surgical joining of 2 ducts, 2 vessels or 2 bowel segments
anastomosis
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incision of pylorus muscles to treat hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
- pyloromyotomy
- pyloro myo tomy
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