Change:  The term 'motility disorder' does not distinguish between ileus and obstruction. Motility Disorder This term refers to abnormal motility of bowel contents without specifying whether it is obstructive or non-obstructive in nature. Valvulae Conniventes The small bowel has a wall pattern that   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 578)

Change: This is a short-hand term that refers to aA patient who has acute abdominal symptoms Fulminant Developing or progressing suddenly, severely or rapidly Quiescent Inactive Dependent The concept of dependent and non-dependent positions is an important concept   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 568)

Change: put,out, destroy, obliterate Ileus The term ileus appears to have undergone a subtle change in meaning/useage. The term Ileus originally was used to denote stasis of bowel contents. The term had two common uses Adynamic Ileus ( syn paralytic ileus, non-obstructive ileus) This referred to   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 580)

Change: -----------------under construction--------------- Introduction There are a number of terms that are used frequently in reference to the abdominal plain film. These terms are defined below. Terminology The Abdmoninal Plain Film This is an outdated term that referred to a supine   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 573)

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Change:  Abdominal spacesViscus Abdominal knownViscus Solid as Hollow liver spleen pancreas kidneys ovaries stomach small plicaeinetstine large semilunaris-intestine gall whitebladder urinary arrowbladder uterus (semilunaris The abdominal viscus refers to therthe semi-lunarabdominal shape)organs. These can be divided into solid viscus and hollow viscus   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 530)

Change:  The small bowel has a wall pattern that is known as valvulae conniventes Plicae Semilunaris and Haustra The large bowel wall features pouches or sacculation that protrude into the lumen that are known as haustra.haustra(black arrow). You will hear radiologists refer to the bowel's "haustral pattern". In between the   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 469)

Change:  radiographers radiographers today. Acute Abdomen This is a short-hand term refers to a patient who has acute abdominal symptoms Fulminant Developing or progressing suddenly, severely or rapidly Quiescent inactive Dependent The concept of dependent and non-dependent positions is an important   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 415)

Change: The small bowel has a wall pattern that is known as valvulae conniventes (white arrow). The muscular bands encircling the small bowel are usually seen to traverse the bowel wall at right angles to the long axis of the bowel The small bowel has a   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 415)