Exam 5: Abdomen and Gastrointestinal System

A strangulated hernia occurs when a loop of bowel passes through a constricted area that is tight enough to cut off blood supply to the bowel.

A peptic ulcer is an erosion of the mucous membrane of the lower end of the esophagus,stomach,or duodenum.

If left untreated,Hirschsprung disease can progress to:

Which of the following is the most common type of bowel atresia?

In the condition of carbohydrate intolerance,the small bowel lacks enough of the enzyme:

A Meckel diverticulum is a remnant of a duct connecting the small bowel to the umbilicus in the fetus.

Treatment for regional enteritis includes bowel resection in approximately 70% of cases,particularly if perforation or hemorrhage is present.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the use of ultrasound over other imaging modalities in evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract?

The "olive sign" is associated with what pathologic process?

A gallstone ileus is an obstruction that occurs when a gallstone reaches the ileocecal valve.

Small bowel barium studies are the most common means of identifying small-bowel neoplasms.

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS)is classified as a(n)_____ condition of the GI system.

Diagnosis of gluten-sensitive enteropathy is rarely confirmed by biopsy of the small bowel.

Which of the following nuclear medicine procedures is performed to detect the presence of Helicobacter pylori in patients with a suspected gastric ulcer?

Currently,_____ is the most accurate imaging examination for evaluating patients who do not have a clear clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

Hirschsprung disease is an absence of neurons in the bowel wall,typically in the descending colon.

Colorectal cancers are the _____ most common gastrointestinal cancer in the United States.

A less common type of hiatal hernia is the _____ type.

Benign tumors of the esophagus are almost always leiomyomas.

Sonography has become a standard and highly accurate method for diagnosing hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS)without the need for radiation exposure.