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Chapter 8 Test Review Question

Chapter 8 Test Review Answers

What covers the trachea so that food does not go into the lungs when you swallow?

Epiglottis

What is it called when fluid and solids come back up from the stomach to the mouth?

Regurgitation

What is an inflammation of a pouch in the colon?

Diverticulitis

What is the medical tern for gallstones?

Cholelithiasis

What is a varicose vein in the rectum called?

Hemorrhoid

What is the abbreviation for "nothing by mouth"?

NPO-means nothing per oral.

What is the disease that destroys the cells of the liver?

Cirrhosis

What is the term for a visual exam of the colon?

Colonoscopy

What is the medical term for loss of appetite?

Anorexia

Know he difference between these hernias: Inguinal hernia, Abdominal hernia, Hiatal hernia.

Inguinal Hernia-hernia or outpouching of intestines into the inguinal region of the body. Abdominal Hernia-tear in the abdominal wall. Hiatal Hernia-Protrusion of the stomach through the diaphragm and extending into the thoracic cavity; gastroesoph

Where is the appendix?

Is a blind ended tube connected to the cecum (or caecum), from which it develops embryologically. The cecum is a pouch-like structure of the colon. The appendix is near the junction of the small intestine and the large intestine.

What is the main difference between the urethra in an male and the uretha in a female? (hint: it has to do with what goes through them)

In the male urethra sperm and urine. In the female urethra just urine.

What is an inflammation of the glans in the penis called?

Balanitis

What is it called when the testes do not descend into the scrotal sac?

Crypotorchidism

What is the difference between castration and sterilization?

Castration-removal of the testicles in the male or the ovaries in the female. Sterilization-process of rendering a male or female sterile or unable to conceive children.

Definitions of the following: centesis, colp/o, mast/o, oophor/o, orch/o, PSA

Centesis-puncture to withdraw fluid. Colp/-vagina Oophor/o-ovary Orch/o-testes PSA-Prostate Specific Antigen

Where is bile produced?

Pancreas

Where is bile stored?

Gallbladder

What is the medical term for the removal of the gallbladder?

Cholecystectomy

Definitons of Terms: chol/o, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, diverticulities, enter/o, gingivitis, or/o

Chol/e-bile, gall, Cholecystitis-inflammation of the gallbladder Cholelithiasis-formation or presence of stones Diverticulitis-inflammation of a diverticulum Enter/o-small intestine, gingivitis-inflammation of the gum, oro-mouth