Maryville NURS 612 Exam 3
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Acute glomerulonephritis - ✔✔inflammation of the capillary loops of the renal
glomeruli
Ascites - ✔✔accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity
Cholecystitis - ✔✔inflammatory process of the gallbladder most commonly due to
obstruction of the cystic duct from cholelithiasis, which may be either acute or chronic
Cholelithiasis - ✔✔stone formation in the gallbladder occurs when cirain substances
reach a high concentration in bile and produce crystals
Cirrhosis - ✔✔diffuse hepatic process characterized by fibrosis and alteration of normal
liver architecture into structurally abnormal nodules
Duodenal ulcer - ✔✔chronic circumscribed break in the duodenal mucosa that scars
with healing
Irritable bowel syndrome - ✔✔disorder of intestinal mobility
Lipase - ✔✔enzyme that acts on emulsified fats
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, Peristalsis - ✔✔muscular contractions that move products of digestion through the
alimentary canal
Peritoneum - ✔✔serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity
Primary hepatocellular carcinoma - ✔✔frequently arises in the setting of cirrhosis,
approximately 20 to 30 years after liver injury or disease onset
Pylonephritis - ✔✔infection of the kidney and renal pelvis
Pyloric stenosis - ✔✔hypertrophy of the circular muscle of the pylorus leads to
obstruction of the pyloric sphincter
Pylorus - ✔✔distal section of the stomach
Reflux - ✔✔backflow caused by relaxation or incompetence of lower esophagus
Renal abscess - ✔✔localized infection within the medulla or cortex of the kidney
Renal calculi - ✔✔stones formed in the pelvis of the kidney from a physiochemical
process associated with obstruction and infections in the urinary tract
Resonance - ✔✔sound obtained on percussing a part that can vibrate freely
Tympany - ✔✔low-pitched, resonant, drumlike note obtained by percussing the surface
of a large, air-containing space
Volvulus - ✔✔twisting of the intestine resulting in an obstruction
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Acute glomerulonephritis - ✔✔inflammation of the capillary loops of the renal
glomeruli
Ascites - ✔✔accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity
Cholecystitis - ✔✔inflammatory process of the gallbladder most commonly due to
obstruction of the cystic duct from cholelithiasis, which may be either acute or chronic
Cholelithiasis - ✔✔stone formation in the gallbladder occurs when cirain substances
reach a high concentration in bile and produce crystals
Cirrhosis - ✔✔diffuse hepatic process characterized by fibrosis and alteration of normal
liver architecture into structurally abnormal nodules
Duodenal ulcer - ✔✔chronic circumscribed break in the duodenal mucosa that scars
with healing
Irritable bowel syndrome - ✔✔disorder of intestinal mobility
Lipase - ✔✔enzyme that acts on emulsified fats
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, Peristalsis - ✔✔muscular contractions that move products of digestion through the
alimentary canal
Peritoneum - ✔✔serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity
Primary hepatocellular carcinoma - ✔✔frequently arises in the setting of cirrhosis,
approximately 20 to 30 years after liver injury or disease onset
Pylonephritis - ✔✔infection of the kidney and renal pelvis
Pyloric stenosis - ✔✔hypertrophy of the circular muscle of the pylorus leads to
obstruction of the pyloric sphincter
Pylorus - ✔✔distal section of the stomach
Reflux - ✔✔backflow caused by relaxation or incompetence of lower esophagus
Renal abscess - ✔✔localized infection within the medulla or cortex of the kidney
Renal calculi - ✔✔stones formed in the pelvis of the kidney from a physiochemical
process associated with obstruction and infections in the urinary tract
Resonance - ✔✔sound obtained on percussing a part that can vibrate freely
Tympany - ✔✔low-pitched, resonant, drumlike note obtained by percussing the surface
of a large, air-containing space
Volvulus - ✔✔twisting of the intestine resulting in an obstruction
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