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| what is an inguinal hernia |
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Definition
| protrusion of the paritral peritonieum by a loop of small intestines through the inguinal canal |
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| where do 90% of all hernias occur |
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| what demographic is more prone to inguinal hernias |
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| what types of inguinal hernias are there |
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Definition
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| what is the most common type of inguinal hernia |
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Definition
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Term
| describe an indirect inguinal hernia |
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Definition
| leaves the abdominal cavity lateral to the epigastric vessels through the dep inguinal ring that passes part way or all the way through the canal |
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| what can use an indirect inguinal hernia |
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Definition
| persistant processus vaginalis, a congenital defect |
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| what demographic is more prone to indirect inguinal hernias |
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Definition
| children and young adults |
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| in what area of the peritenium is an indirect inguinal hernia most likley to occur |
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Definition
| in the lateral inguinal fossa |
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| describe a direct inguinal hernia |
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Definition
| the hernial sac leaves the abdominal cavity medial to the inferior epigastric vessels protruding through the hesselbach's triangle that only transversus the medial part of hte inguinal canal by the superificial ring |
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| what is the hesselbach's triangle |
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Definition
| an area of weakness in the posterior peritonieum, also the location of the medial inguinal fossa |
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| what is hesselbach's triangle bound by |
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Definition
| the inferior epigastric, rectus abdominis, inguinal ligament |
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| what demographic is more prone do a direct inguinal hernia |
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Definition
| older males with weak abdominal muscles, so it is an aquired hernia |
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Definition
| the most common benign adipose tumor |
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Definition
| a rare, malignant adipose tumor |
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Term
| describe the cells of a liposarcoma |
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Definition
| less diferentiated and more agressive, tend to metastasize |
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Definition
| rare, benign, slow growing tumor of brown and white fat |
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Term
| where is a hibernoma often located |
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Definition
| in the periscapular region |
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| a hibernoma of only brown fat, very rare |
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| genetic change in a polymorphic region that creates or deletes a restriction site or has more or less of a type of repeated sequence, generally not harmful |
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Definition
| occasionally a disease causing mutation, harmless changes, single nucleotide polymorphisms |
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Term
| what does poor healing of articular cartilage lead to |
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Definition
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| what happens if osteocytes in the bone were to die that were not suposed to |
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