Gastrointestinal System
Case Study 2 Glossary
0.5% Marcaine – dictated “half percent”; brand name for local anesthetic
19-French – French is a scale used to denote catheter sizes and other tubular instruments; each unit is approximately 0.33 mm in diameter; 19-French indicates a diameter of approximately 6.2 mm.
89% shift – “shift to the left” on CBC differential indicates an increase in the number of band cells or band; 89% represents the percentage of band cells compared to the total number of white cells counted; this often indicates acute infection.
Anorexia – diminished appetite; aversion to food.
Appendicitis – infection of inflammation of the vermiform appendix (see definition of vermiform appendix)
Auscultation – the act of listening for sounds within the body
Benzion – a topical skin protectant
Blake drain – silicone drain placed in wound to encourage drainage of fluids from the wound
Cecum – any blind pouch; used to describe the closed end of the large intestine
Clot – a soft mass formed when a liquid (blood or lymph) thickens
Clubbing – a condition of thickening and widening of the fingers and toes with abnormally curved nails
Colonoscopy – examination by means of a flexible, elongated scope that permits visual examination of the colon
Contrast – chemical substances introduced in radiography to increase the difference between different tissue types or between abnormal and normal tissues
Coronal reconstructions – term used in CT scanning to mean three-dimensional view looking at the image from the front of the body
CPT Code A 88304 (Current Procedure Terminology) – a set of codes that describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services; Code A 883894 is the CPT code for surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination
Cranial nerves – referred to by either roman or arabic numerals (2 through 12 or II through XII), the 12 pairs of nerves connected with the brain; cranial nerve 1 or I (olfactory) is not always included in the
0.5% Marcaine – dictated “half percent”; brand name for local anesthetic
19-French – French is a scale used to denote catheter sizes and other tubular instruments; each unit is approximately 0.33 mm in diameter; 19-French indicates a diameter of approximately 6.2 mm.
89% shift – “shift to the left” on CBC differential indicates an increase in the number of band cells or band; 89% represents the percentage of band cells compared to the total number of white cells counted; this often indicates acute infection.
Anorexia – diminished appetite; aversion to food.
Appendicitis – infection of inflammation of the vermiform appendix (see definition of vermiform appendix)
Auscultation – the act of listening for sounds within the body
Benzion – a topical skin protectant
Blake drain – silicone drain placed in wound to encourage drainage of fluids from the wound
Cecum – any blind pouch; used to describe the closed end of the large intestine
Clot – a soft mass formed when a liquid (blood or lymph) thickens
Clubbing – a condition of thickening and widening of the fingers and toes with abnormally curved nails
Colonoscopy – examination by means of a flexible, elongated scope that permits visual examination of the colon
Contrast – chemical substances introduced in radiography to increase the difference between different tissue types or between abnormal and normal tissues
Coronal reconstructions – term used in CT scanning to mean three-dimensional view looking at the image from the front of the body
CPT Code A 88304 (Current Procedure Terminology) – a set of codes that describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services; Code A 883894 is the CPT code for surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination
Cranial nerves – referred to by either roman or arabic numerals (2 through 12 or II through XII), the 12 pairs of nerves connected with the brain; cranial nerve 1 or I (olfactory) is not always included in the