Organ
Stores bile.
Gall bladder
Redness and swelling (Inflammation) of the stomach lining
Gastritis
Digestive and autoimmune disorder caused by allergy to gluten
Celiac Disease
Allows food to enter duodenum
Pyloric sphincter
Stomach contents move up into the esophagus
GERD
Abd pain, Nausea and vomiting, anorexia, pain that worsen when coughing, running or walking.
Appendicitis
Secretion of Amylase and Lipase
Pancreas
Caused by hepatitis, toxic, chemicals, alcoholism, and liver parasites.
Cirrhosis
Happens in your abd when one of your organs pushes through the muscle or tissue that contains it.
Hernia
Finger like projection in the small intestine
Villi
The doctor exams Mr. Zucchero and finds:
• swollen abdomen, tender to palpation
• history of nausea and vomiting
• fever of 38.7° C orally
• pulse of 120/min
• Dextrometer is 10.3 4 hours after last meal
The MD asks for blood amylase and lipase to be drawn and ordersan abdominal ultrasound. His diagnosis is ??
Pancreatitis
tissue growths on intestinal mucosa
usually asymptomaticunless large or bleeding
often found during routine colonoscopy
growths can becomecancerous over time
Polyps
Folds in the stomach that increase surface area
Rugae
Mr. Yellow: 50 yr old male
Mr. Yellow now consults the doctor with increasing abdominal pain. He states that he has noticed that his urine is dark and complains of pruritis.
Upon visual examination of Mr. Yellow, the MD notices slightjaundice and abdominal palpation of the right upperhypochondrium cause Mr. Yellow pain
The MD suspects ??
Hepatitis
Mr. GERD ; 60 yr old man
- family history
- smoker
- loves to eat red meat, especially BBQ and coldcuts
(processed meat)
- low fiber diet
- sedentary lifestyle
- history of polyps (tissue formation, or growths, that project into the intestinal mucosa)
Colon Cancer