Gastrointestinal Vocabulary Terms
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Gastrointestinal Vocabulary Terms : 1) Bariatrics – The healthcare science that focuses on the patients who are extremely obese 2) Body mass index (BMI) – Used to identify excess adipose tissue, BMI is calculated by dividing the weight in kilograms, by the height in meters squared. 3) Enteral nutrition – Administration of liquid nutritional formulas to meet calorie and protein needs in patients unable to consume adequate food this is also called tube feeding. 4) Hiatal hernia – Protrusion of part of the stomach through the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm into the mediastial cavity. 5) Lower body obesity (peripheral obesity) – a waist-to-hip ratio of less than 0.8 in an obese individual. 6) Marasmus (protein energy undernutrition) – Insufficient protein and calorie intake to meet metabolic wastes. 7) Triglycerides – Molecules of glycerol with fatty acids used to transport and store fats in body tissues. 8) Achalasia – Absence of peristalsis of the esophagus and high gastroesophageal sphincter pressure resulting in dilation and loss of tone in the esophagus 9) Zollinger-Ellison syndrome – Peptic ulcer disease caused by a gastrinoma, or gastrin-secreting tumor of the pancreas, stomach or intestines. 10) Hematochezia – Blood in the stool
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Gastrointestinal Vocabulary Terms :
1) Bariatrics – The healthcare science that focuses on the patients who are extremely obese
2) Body mass index (BMI) – Used to identify excess adipose tissue, BMI is calculated by dividing the weight in kilograms, by the height in meters squared.
3) Enteral nutrition – Administration of liquid nutritional formulas to meet calorie and protein needs in patients unable to consume adequate food this is also called tube feeding.
4) Hiatal hernia – Protrusion of part of the stomach through the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm into the mediastial cavity.
5) Lower body obesity (peripheral obesity) – a waist-to-hip ratio of less than 0.8 in an obese individual.
6) Marasmus (protein energy undernutrition) – Insufficient protein and calorie intake to meet metabolic wastes.
7) Triglycerides – Molecules of glycerol with fatty acids used to transport and store fats in body tissues.
8) Achalasia – Absence of peristalsis of the esophagus and high gastroesophageal sphincter pressure resulting in dilation and loss of tone in the esophagus
9) Zollinger-Ellison syndrome – Peptic ulcer disease caused by a gastrinoma, or gastrin-secreting tumor of the pancreas, stomach or intestines.
10) Hematochezia – Blood in the stool
11) Gastrojejunostomy (Billroth II) – subtotal excision of the stomach with closure of the duodenum and side-to-side anastomies of the jejunum to the stomach; commonly used partial gastrectomy procedures.
12) Gastroduodenostomy (Billroth I) – Excision of the pylorus of the stomach with anastomosis of the upper stomach to the duodenum; commonly used partial gastrectomy procedures
13) Celiac disease (celiac sprue, nontropical sprue) – Chronic hereditary disorder characterized by sensitivity to the gliadin fraction of gluten, a cereal protein.
14) Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – Chronic inflammation of the bowel common to a group of conditions that includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
15) Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) – A motility disorder of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by alternating periods of constipation and diarrhea.
