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When gastric contents leaks into the abdominal cavity from perforation of the stomach it is called?
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Peritonitis.
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Where are the gastric glands found and what do they do?
gastric glands are found in the stomach.
What are gastric folds?
Gastric folds are found in the interior of the stomach. They are also know as gastric rugae.The main importance of gastric folds is to increase the stomach's surface area and allow it to expand.
How are gastric ulcers produced and where are they usually found?
Overproduction of gastric acid can occasionally eat a hole through the stomach wall. These gastric ulcers are rare. Gastric ulcers, which are less common, usually occur along the upper curve of the stomach.
What is patchy erythematous mucosa in the gastric antrum?
A gastric antral mucosa is a helicobacter pylon infection of the stomach. The infection can be treated with antibiotics to cure it.
What are the functions of parietal cells?
Parietal cells are found in the fundic zone of the stomach. Their main product is hydrochloric acid (HCl).
Where is food mixed with gastric juice?
Food mixes with gastric juice in the stomach, the only place gastric juice should ever be in the body unless there is gastric reflux or perforation of the stomach.
What conditions are treated by gastrectomy?
stomach cancer bleeding gastric ulcer perforation of the stomach wall noncancerous polyps
What is a synonym for gastric?
stomach, ventral, intestinal, abdominal, celiac
What condition arises when the gastric juices begins to digest the walls of the stomach itself?
A gastric ulcer forms when acids begin to eat the stomach lining. If unchecked, the condition can cause a perforation--a hole. The areas around organs must be free acids, bacteria etc. So if you have a perforation, you can develop peritonitis, a life threatening infection throughout and surrounding all abdominal organs.
What happens if the mucous lining of your stomach had an ulcer or hole in it?
Stomach ulcers occur when the thick layer of mucus that protects the stomach lining from stomach acids is reduced. They are easily cured medically, but can become serious without treatment. A hole in the stomach is called a perforation. It can result in the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity becoming inflamed, a condition called peritonitis, if bacteria, bile, or stomach acid enters the abdominal cavity. Perforation of the stomach is a medical emergency that can be life threatening.
What can you use to remake a stomach?
by using a chicken or pig stomach. put some gastric acid in the stomach and put the contents in that you normally eat.
Why is elevation of the head of the bed recommended when you have gastric reflux?
To prevent stomach contents from refluxing back into the esophagus.
How do you divide the term hypogastric into word parts?
Hypo- the prefix means under, below -gastric, means stomach. Blow the stomach or your abdominal area
What is health effects can result from abnormal values of pH in stomach?
Gastric acid which is produced in the stomach gets neutralised by the food we eat and by the bile and the pancreatic juices. High levels of acidity can give rise to reflux oesophagitis, gastritis, gastric erosion, gastric and duodenal ulcers and this can lead to perforation and bleeding if the ulcers are not treated. Low acidity for prolonged periods can be a cause for stomach cancer.
What is perforated hollow viscus?
Viscus means organ. So hollow viscus means an organ than has a lumen or open space within it, like the stomach and intestines. Perforated hollow viscus is an organ with a lumen that has a hole in it such that contents can escape from inside the organ to outside the organ. If a gastric ulcer perforated, it would be a perforated hollow viscus, allowing gastric acid and contents out into the abdominal cavity.
Can gastric juice come out from nose?
I'm pretty sure it can. When/if you vomit, the juice that comes out that smells like vomit, chances are that it is gastric juice. All vomit is is the contents of our stomach which includes gastric juices.
Muscular waves in the stomach mix and churn the contents of a meal with?
The contents of a meal in the stomach is mixed and churned during digestion. Aiding in the digestion process along with the muscular waves, are acids and enzymes.
