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Give ex of solid viscera
liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, ovaries, uterus, adrenal
glands
TERM 2
Give ex of hollow viscera
DEFINITION 2
stomach, gallbladder, sm intestine, colon, bladder
TERM 3
Name largest solid
organ
DEFINITION 3
liver
TERM 4
Fx of
pancreas
DEFINITION 4
endocrine gland, accessory organ of digestion
TERM 5
Size of spleen
DEFINITION 5
7 cm wide, above LEFT kidney @ 9th-11th ribs
Fx of spleen
filters blood of cell debris, digests microorganisms, return
breakdown products to liver
TERM 7
Size of kidneys
DEFINITION 7
10x5x2.5 cm, level of T12-L
TERM 8
Fx of kidneys
DEFINITION 8
filtration and elimination of metabolic waste products, BP
control & maintenance of h2o, salt and electrolytes &
secretes hormones
TERM 9
Fx of stomach
DEFINITION 9
store, churn, digest food
TERM 10
Size of gallbladder
DEFINITION 10
10 cm long
Pyrosis AKA
indigestion
TERM 17
Accessory organs assoc with nausea
DEFINITION 17
pancreas and liver
TERM 18
Bright hematemesis seen with
DEFINITION 18
bleeding esophageal varices and ulcers of stomach or
duodenum
TERM 19
Those most at risk for aspiration are
DEFINITION 19
elders, neuromuscular, or consciousness impaired
TERM 20
Normal bowel pattern rates
DEFINITION 20
2-3x/day to 2-3x/week
Bloody stools associate with
malignancies
TERM 22
Pencil shaped-stools associated with
DEFINITION 22
intestinal obstruction
TERM 23
Bloody, mucoid diarrhea associated with
DEFINITION 23
inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease, colitis)
TERM 24
Clay, fatty stools associated
with
DEFINITION 24
malabsorption syndromes
TERM 25
Fever/chills with diarrhea may mean
DEFINITION 25
infection or weight loss
Pale, taut skin
suggests
ascites
TERM 32
Dilated veins of abdomen suggest
DEFINITION 32
cirrhosis of liver, obstruction of inferior vena cava, portal
hypertension, ascites
