Gastro stomach - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Label the parts of the digestive system. CORRECT ANSWER Describe each step of the digestive process, where it occurs, and how it contributes to the process of digesting food and extracting nutrients. CORRECT ANSWER Chemical digestion by gastric juice is caused by the churning action of the stomach. Muscle contractions and relaxations mix the stomach every 20 seconds. This and enzymatic activity creates chyme. Both ends of the stomach are usually sphinctered. Why are "essential amino acid...

Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: General Pre- Test Review (Q & A) Rated 100% Correct Emesis - Correct Answer-See "vomitus" Heartburn - Correct Answer-A burning sensation in the chest or throat Hyperglycemia - Correct Answer-High sugar in the blood Hypoglycemia - Correct Answer-Low sugar in the blood Jaundice - Correct Answer-Yellowish color of the skin or whites of the eyes Vomitus - Correct Answer-Food and fluids expelled from the stomach through the mouth; emesis BMs - Correct Ans...

3 types of medical terms - built from latin or greek part words, eponyms (based on a person's name), modern english words Word roots - foundation, gives essential meaning, frequently but not always refers to body structure, organs, system Suffix - end of medical term. provides information about condition, diseases, surgical procedures, and diagnostic procedures Provides information about condition, diseases, surgical and diagnostic procedures - Suffix ALL medical terms must have - a...

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY - Language/Terms used to describe medicine; ~75% of terms derived from Greek origin HIPPOCRATIC COLLECTION - Body of manuscripts containing information on medical matters which embodied code of principles for teachers & students of medicine BRONCHO/PULMO - Root for LUNGS CARDI - Root for HEART GASTRO - Root for STOMACH HEPAT - Root for LIVER NEUR - Root for NERVES NAS - Root for NOSE OR - Root for MOUTH/ORALPNEUMO - Root for AIR/LUNGS AB- - Prefix for AWAY FROM AD...

Where does medical terminology originate from? How much does it take up? - Greek; 75% What are the three reasons why most medical terminology are of Greek origin. - 1. Greeks are founders of rational medicine 2. Easy to build compound words 3. International language understood by all medical professionals What oath do all medical personnel take? - The Hippocratic Oath What are Roots? - The foundation of a word; made up of prefixes + suffixes Broncho/Plumo... - Lungs Cardi... - ...

Angle of His - ANSWER Creates a flap valve effect to prevent reflux and makes gastro esophageal junction longer which increases the pressure GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) - ANSWER A digestive disease in which stomach acid or bile irritates the food pipe lining. Obesity makes the angle of His a widened angle which decreases the pressure at the gastro esophageal junction big fatty meals and carbonation stretches the stomach out which thins out the muscles around the stomach which...

IAHCSMM CRCST 8TH EDITION - CRCST FINAL EXAM PREP JCSPD IAHCSMM CRCST 8TH EDITION - CRCST FINAL EXAM PREP JCSPD Decontamination - correct answer ==Removing or reducing contamination by infectious organisms or other harmful substances. Decontamination Area - correct answer ==location within a healthcare facility designated for collection, retention, and cleaning of soiled and/or contaminated items. Negative air pressure. Workflow - correct answer ==the workflow in a central service depart...

NURS444 Exam Practice Questions and Answers Which of the gastrointestinal cancers has the highest rate of incidence and is responsible for the highest number of deaths? a. oesophageal b. stomach c. pancreatic d. colorectal - Ans:-d A 42-year-old female presents with abdominal discomfort, epigastric tenderness and bleeding. Gastroscopy reveals degeneration of the gastric mucosa in the body and fundus of the stomach. Which of the following would most likely follow? a. pernicious anaemia...

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-algia - pain ex: gastralgia (stomach pain) -asthenia (his thin knee) - weakness ex: (myasthenia, muscle weakness) -cele - protrusion ex: cystocele (protrusion of urinary bladder) -centesis - surgical puncture to remove fluid ex: arthrocentesis (puncture to withdraw fluid from joint) -clasia - surgical breaking ex: osteoclasia (surgical breaking of bone) -cytosis - abnormal cell condition (too many) ex: erythrocytosis (too many red cells) -desis - surgical fixation ex: arthrodesis (surgi...