Term
| Where does the stomach sit? |
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Definition
| -caudal to the liver parallel to 10th or 11th intercostal space |
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Term
| What are the locational differences in canine and feline stomachs? |
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Definition
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Term
| Describe pyloric position in dog. Cat? |
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Definition
-Dog: right of mid-line at level of 10th rib
-Cat: left of mid-line |
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Term
| If in right lateral, where is fluid in stomach? In left lateral? |
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Definition
-right lateral: pylorus
-left lateral: fundus |
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Term
| True or False: Although difficult, you can occassionally judge stomach wall thickness radiographically without intraluminal contrast medium. |
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Definition
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Term
In the following positions during rads, where is the gas?
a) r lat
b) l lat
c) DV
d) VD |
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Definition
=> gas always rises <=
a) fundus
b) pylorus
c) pylorus and fundus
d) body (on midline) |
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Term
| In a barium study, which part of the stomach contains the greatest amount of barium during a right lateral view? a left lafteral? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is a common artifact on stomach rads that is often mistaken for a mass? |
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Definition
| -fluid pooling in the pylorus |
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Term
| Caudal border of stomach should not extend past __ vertebra. |
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Definition
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Term
| What can you measure on ultrasound but NOT radiography? |
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Definition
| -thickness of stomach wall |
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Term
| What is the purpose of a stomach endoscopy? |
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Definition
| -to visualize the lumen of the stomach and collect biopsies |
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Term
| Definition: Cardia of the stomach |
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Definition
| -where the stomach attaches to the esophagus |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| What is the difference b/n obese and thin animals' SI location? |
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Definition
| -more centrally located in obese animals |
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Term
| The proximal duodenum has a (fixed/fluid) position due to the ______. |
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Definition
-fixed
-hepatoduodenal ligament |
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Term
| True or False: The SI is of uniform diameter. |
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Definition
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Term
| In dogs, the width of the SI is nor more than 2 x width of __ vertebral body. In cats, it is __ vertebral body. |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the main purpose of a SI ultrasound as opposed to a SI rad? |
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Definition
| -can accurately measure wall thickness |
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Term
| What are the layers of the SI on ultrasound? |
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Definition
| -Muscle (black) => mucosa (black => lumen (white => submucosa (white) => serosa (white) |
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Term
| If GI is present, the SI wall will be > __mm thick. |
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Definition
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Term
| Definition: intussusception |
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Definition
| -inversion of one portion of an intestine in another (looks like a bullseye on ultrasound) |
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Term
| True or False: Like in an ultrasound, you can determine wall thickness of the SI in an endoscopy. |
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Definition
| -FALSE, can only see any irregularities of the wall (cannot access jejunum) |
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Term
| What are the components of the LI? |
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Definition
| -cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, and rectum |
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Term
| Is the colon thinner or thicker than SI? Is it layered as well? |
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Definition
-thinner
-yest it is layered |
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Term
| How does the ileum appear on an ultrasound? |
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Definition
| -wagon wheel appearance on cross-section |
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Term
| Is the colon normally smooth or have villi like the SI? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the purpose of laparoscopy? |
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Definition
-visualize and bipsy organs of GI tract that do not have a lumen (liver, pancreas, and mesenteric lymph nodes)
-can obtain full thickness biopsied of small bowel and perform some minor procedures |
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