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Maryville NURS 612 Exam 3 With 100% Correct Solution (A+ Graded)
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Maryville NURS 612 Exam 3 With 100% Correct Solution (A+ Graded)Acute glomerulonephritis - Answer inflammation of the capillary loops of the renal
glomeruli
Ascites - Answer accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity
Cholecystitis - Answer inflammatory process of the gallbladder most commonly due to
obstruction of the cystic duct from cholelithiasis, which may be either acute or chronic
Cholelithiasis - Answer stone formation in the gallbladder occurs when cirain
substances reach a high concentration in bile and produce crystals
Cirrhosis - Answer diffuse hepatic process characterized by fibrosis and alteration of
normal liver architecture into structurally abnormal nodules
Duodenal ulcer - Answer chronic circumscribed break in the duodenal mucosa that
scars with healing
Irritable bowel syndrome - Answer disorder of intestinal mobility
Lipase - Answer enzyme that acts on emulsified fats
Peristalsis - Answer muscular contractions that move products of digestion through the
alimentary canal
Peritoneum - Answer serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity
, Primary hepatocellular carcinoma - Answer often occurs in the context of cirrhosis,
decades after liver insult or onset of disease
Pylonephritis - Answer infection of the renal parenchyma and renal pelvis
Pyloric stenosis - Answer hypertrophy of the circular muscle of the pylorus results in
obstruction of the pyloric sphincter
Pylorus - Answer most distal portion of the stomach
Reflux Answer backflow caused by relaxation or incompetence of lower esophagus
Renal abscess Answer localized infection within the medulla or cortex of the kidney
Renal calculi Answer stones formed in the pelvis of the kidney from a physiochemical
process associated with obstruction and infections in the urinary tract
Resonance Answer sound obtained on percussing a part that can vibrate freely
Tympany - Review low-pitched, resonant, drumlike note obtained by percussing the
surface of a large, air-containing space
Volvulus - Review twisting of the intestine resulting in an obstruction
Right upper quadrant - Review pathologies of liver, gall bladder, tip of right kidney,
diaphragm
Epigastric region - Review Stomach and pancreas
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