Medical Terminology Volume 5 Digestive
system (questions and answers)
What is the term for passage of materials through villi into the blood? - CORRECT
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ANSWER-absorption
What is the term for lack of hydrochloric acid? - CORRECT ANSWER-achlorhydria
What is the term for substances produced when proteins are digested? - CORRECT
ANSWER-amino acids
What is the combining form for the word that means "starch"? - CORRECT ANSWERamyl/o
What is the enzyme secreted by the pancreas to digest starch? - CORRECT ANSWERamylase
What is the combining form for "anus"? - CORRECT ANSWER-an/o
What is the term for an abnormal tube¬-like passageway near the anus? - CORRECT
ANSWER-anal fistula
What is the term for "lack of appetite"? - CORRECT ANSWER-Anorexia
What is the term for inflammation of the mouth with small, painful ulcers? - CORRECT
ANSWER-aphthous stomatitis
What is the term for the blind pouch hanging from the cecum? - CORRECT ANSWERappendix
What is the combining form for "appendix"? - CORRECT ANSWER-append/o,
appendic/o
What is the term for removal (resection) of the appendix? - CORRECT ANSWERappendectomy
What is the term for inflammation of the appendix? - CORRECT ANSWER-appendicitis
What is the term for the large intestine consisting of the ascending, transverse,
descending, and sigmoid segments? - CORRECT ANSWER-colon
What is the term for the part of the colon that extends from the cecum to the
undersurface of the liver? - CORRECT ANSWER-ascending colon
What is the term for the part of the colon that passes horizontally left of the spleen? -
CORRECT ANSWER-transverse colon
What is the term for the area of the large intestine that runs from below the liver to the
sigmoid colon? - CORRECT ANSWER-descending colon
What is the term for the S¬-shaped portion of the large bowel? - CORRECT ANSWERsigmoid colon
What is the term for the terminal end or opening of the digestive tract to the outside of
the body? - CORRECT ANSWER-anus
What is the term for a collection of fluid in the abdominal cavity? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Ascites
What is the suffix for the word enzyme? - CORRECT ANSWER--ase
What is the term for digestive juice made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder? -
CORRECT ANSWER-bile
What is the combining form for "bile"? - CORRECT ANSWER-bil/i
What is the term for "pertaining to bile"? - CORRECT ANSWER-biliary
What is the combining form for "bilirubin"? - CORRECT ANSWER-bilirubin/o
What is the term for the upper portion of the stomach? - CORRECT ANSWER-fundus
What is the term for the middle section of the stomach? - CORRECT ANSWER-body
What is the term for the lower portion of the stomach? - CORRECT ANSWER-antrum
What is the term for the ring of muscle at the distal region of the stomach? - CORRECT
ANSWER-pyloric sphincter
What is the term for a small rounded mass of a substance, especially of chewed food at
the moment of swallowing? - CORRECT ANSWER-bolus
What is the term for the rumbling or gurgling noise produced by movement of gas, fluid,
or both in the intestinal tract? - CORRECT ANSWER-borborygmus
What is the term for "pertaining to the cheek"? - CORRECT ANSWER-buccal
What is the combining form for the word that means "cheek"? - CORRECT ANSWERbucc/o
What is the term for the mucous membrane (mucosa) lining the cheek? - CORRECT
ANSWER-buccal mucosa
What is the term for the first part of the large intestines? - CORRECT ANSWER-cecum
What is the term for "pertaining to the cecum"? - CORRECT ANSWER-cecal
What is the combining form for the word that means "the first part of the large
intestine"? - CORRECT ANSWER-cec/o
What is the term for "pertaining to the abdomen"? - CORRECT ANSWER-celiac
What is the combining form for "belly, abdomen"? - CORRECT ANSWER-celi/o
What is the term for the region of the tooth that covers, supports, and protects the
dentin in the root? - CORRECT ANSWER-cementum
What is the term for the walls of the oval-shaped oral cavity? - CORRECT ANSWERcheeks
What is the combining form for the word that means "lip"? - CORRECT ANSWERcheil/o
What is the term for an abnormal condition of the lips? - CORRECT ANSWER-cheilosis
What is the term for defecation, elimination of wastes? - CORRECT ANSWER-¬chezia
What is the combining form for "hydrochloric acid"? - CORRECT ANSWER-chlorhydr/o
What is the combining form for the word that means "gall, bile"? - CORRECT ANSWERchol/e
What is the combining form for the word that means "gallbladder"? - CORRECT
ANSWER-cholecyst/o
What is the term for removal of the gallbladder? - CORRECT ANSWERcholecystectomy
What is the term for gall stones (calculi) in the gall bladder? - CORRECT ANSWERcholecystolithiasis
What is the combining form for the word that means "common bile duct"? - CORRECT
ANSWER-choledoch/o
What is the term for a new opening between the common bile duct and the jejunum;
anastomosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-choledochojejunostomy
What is the term for the condition of stones in the common bile duct? - CORRECT
ANSWER-choledocholithiasis
What is the term for an incision into the common bile duct? - CORRECT ANSWERcholedochotomy
What is the term for the abnormal condition of gallstones? - CORRECT ANSWERcholelithiasis
What is the term for a chronic liver disease resulting from alcoholism and malnutrition? -
CORRECT ANSWER-cirrhosis
What is the combining form for "colon"? - CORRECT ANSWER-col/o, colon/o
What is the term for "pertaining to the colon"? - CORRECT ANSWER-colonic
What is the term for benign growths that protrude from the mucous membrane of the
large intestine? - CORRECT ANSWER-colonic polyps
What is the term for the process of visual examination of the colon? - CORRECT
ANSWER-colonoscopy
What is the term for adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum or both? - CORRECT
ANSWER-colorectal cancer
What is the term for a new opening of the colon to the outside of the body? - CORRECT
ANSWER-colostomy
What is the term for the structure that carries bile into the duodenum? - CORRECT
ANSWER-common bile duct
What is the term for an autoimmune disease that is characterized by chronic
inflammation of the intestinal tract? - CORRECT ANSWER-Crohn Disease
What is the term for the part of the tooth that shows above the gum line? - CORRECT
ANSWER-crown
What is the term for the duct in which the bile travels through after being released from
the gall bladder? - CORRECT ANSWER-cystic duct
What is the term for elimination of feces from the digestive tract through the anus? -
CORRECT ANSWER-defecation
What is the term for "swallowing"? - CORRECT ANSWER-deglutition
What is the combining form for the word that means "tooth"? - CORRECT ANSWERdent/i
What is the term for "tooth decay"? - CORRECT ANSWER-dental caries
What is the term for "pertaining to tooth and cheek"? - CORRECT ANSWERdentibuccal
What is the term for the major tissue component of teeth? - CORRECT ANSWERdentin
What is the term for breakdown of complex foods to simpler forms? - CORRECT
ANSWER-digestion
What is the term for "broken down mechanically and chemically in the digestive
system"? - CORRECT ANSWER-Digested
What is the term for "abnormal side pockets in a hollow organ, such as the intestine"? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Diverticula
What is the term for the condition of having diverticula? - CORRECT ANSWERdiverticulosis
What is the term for "pertaining to the duodenum (first part of the small intestine) "? -
CORRECT ANSWER-duodenal
What is the combining form for "duodenum"? - CORRECT ANSWER-duoden/o
What is the term for painful, inflamed intestines? - CORRECT ANSWER-dysentery
What is the term for "difficulty in swallowing"? - CORRECT ANSWER-Dysphagia
What is the term for the act of removal of materials from the body, in the digestive
system it is the removal of ingestible materials through the feces? - CORRECT
ANSWER-elimination
What is the term for the physical process of breaking down large fat globules into
smaller parts? - CORRECT ANSWER-emulsification
What is the term for the hard, outermost layer of a tooth? - CORRECT ANSWERenamel
What is the term for a dentist specializing in operating within the tooth (root canal
specialist)? - CORRECT ANSWER-endodontist [Show Less]