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Procedure used to treat which complications of cirrhosis, reduce portal hypertension, treat variceal bleeding, and ascites (abbreviation)
2.
A chronic liver disease, has the highest incidence in people 45-65 years of age
3.
A form of hepatitis is transmitted from the GI tract in fecal material by un washed hands
4.
inflammation of the gallbladder
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A fluid collection that develops from the pancreas
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Which pathology exists when the intestines are not in their normal position which can lead to a volvulus of incarcerated internal hernia
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Most common type of hiatal hernia
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Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) is classified as a(n) __ condition of the GI system
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In the condition of carbohydrate intolerance, the small bowel lacks enough of what enzyme
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A double fold of parietal peritoneum projecting from the posterior abdominal wall and attaching to the intestines
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An outpouching of the bowel wall caused by a weakening in its muscular layer
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an accumulation of excess bilirubin in the body tissues that causes a yellowish discoloration of the skin and the sclera
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A twisting of bowel about its mesenteric base
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esophageal diverticula involves all layers of the esophagus and results from adjacent scar tissue that pulls the esophagus toward the area of involvement
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A serous membrane that lines the abdominal cavity
16.
Stomach, transverse colon, liver, and spleen lie where in the abdominal cavity?
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Folds that appear on barium studies as smooth longitudinal ridges predominately within the fundus and body of the stomach
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Forms a C-loop, moves posteriorly from the gastric antrum to its ending at the ligament of Treitz
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when a segment of bowel, constricted by peristalsis, telescopes into a distal segment and is driven further into the distal bowel by peristalsis
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Smooth muscle tumors of the esophagus
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What organ is responsible for the Metabolism of substances delivered via its portal circulation; synthesis of substances, including those concerned with blood clotting, and detoxification and excretion of various substances
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40. The liver has a dual blood supply consisting of the hepatic artery that delivers oxygenated blood and the ______ that serves to return venous blood from the abdominal viscera to the IVC.
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a hormone released by the presence of fatty foods within the stomach which triggers the gallbladder to release bile.
