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| twisting of the intestine on itself |
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| What does volvulus cause? |
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| If volvulus is not surgically corrected, what can happen to the affected segment of the bowel? |
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| gallstones in the gallbladder |
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| What can calculi prevent from leaving the gallbladder and bile ducts? |
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| pain from blocked cystic or common bile duct |
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False
Patients can be asymptomatic and not require treatment |
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| T or F: Patients with cholelithiasis always require treatment |
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| metal sleeves consisting of a hollow tube into which fits an obturator use to puncture the wall of a body cavity |
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| a solid, removable metal instrument with a sharp, three-cornered tip |
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| What can be introduced through the trocar once an obturator is removed? |
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| chronic degenerative disease of the liver |
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| Chronic_______ or viral ________ commonly lead to cirrhosis |
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| lobes of the liver become covered with fibrous tissue, hepatic cells degenerate, and liver is infiltrated with fat |
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| Combined form that means yellow-orange. |
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| What is the liver's color when it has fat accumulation from cirrhosis? |
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| malignant tumor of the pancreas |
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| Which gender is more likely to have pancreatic cancer? |
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| Another name for a pancreatoduodenectomy |
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| inflammation of the pancreas |
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| Digestive enzymes attack the pancreatic tissue and damage the gland, resulting in __________ |
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Factors that can cause pancreatitis are:
a) chronic alcoholism
b) drug toxicity
c) gallstone obstruction of the common bile duct
d) viral infections
e) hepatitis A
f) all of the above |
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| inflammation of the liver caused by a virus |
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| viral hepatitis caused by the Hepatitus A virus |
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| benign type of viral hepatitis caused by contaminated food or water and characterized by a slow onset of symptoms and an expected complete recovery |
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| hepatitis caused by the hepatitis B virus, transmitted by blood or semen, resulting in severe infection that can destroy liver cells and result in cirrhosis or death. |
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| Which hepatitis has a vaccine? |
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| hepatitis caused by the hepatitis C virus which is trasmitted through blood--acute illness may progress into chronic hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma |
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| surgical removal of polyps |
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| another term for jaundice |
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| The mixture of partly digested food and digestive secretions found in the stomach and small intestine during digestion of a meal--a varicolored, thick, nearly liquid mass |
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