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Digestive med term1
Question | Answer |
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The anatomical term for throat is | Pharynx |
The combing form meaning "stomach" is | Gastr/o |
Which of the following means tongue? | Lingu/o |
The suffix -Pepsia means | Digestion |
The term that means "inflammation of the appendix" is | Appendicitis |
Which of the following terms uses the combining form for fat? | Steatohepatitis |
Which of the following means "excision of the colon"? | Colectomy |
Which of the following is a visual examination of the stomach? | Gastroscopy |
Which of the following means "urge to vomit"? | Nausea |
Hematemesis is the vomiting of | Blood |
Gastr/o | Stomach |
Proct/o | Rectum |
Stomat/o | Mouth |
Cheil/o | Lip |
Jejun/o | Jejunum |
Enter/o | Intestine |
ile/o | ileum |
Chol/e | Gall, bile |
Choledoch/o | Common bile duct |
Col/o | Colon |
Cec/o | Cecum |
Cholangi/o | Bile duct |
An/o | Anus |
Antr/o | Antrum |
Celi/o | Abdomen |
Diverticul/o | Diverticulum |
Gingiv/o | Gum |
Gloss/o | Tongue |
Hemi- | Half |
Hepat/o | Liver |
Henri/o | Hernia, or protrusion of an organ through a membrane or cavity wall |
Lapar/o | Abdomen |
Palat/o | Palate |
Pancreat/o | Pancreas |
-pepsia | Digestion |
Peritone/o | Peritoneum |
Polyp/o | Polyp, small growth |
Pylor/o | Pylorus, pyloric sphincter |
Sail/o | Saliva, salivary gland |
Uvul/o | Uvula |
Steat/o | Fat |
Pertaining to under the tongue | Sublingual |
The combining form for digestion | Peps/o |
Inflammation of the roof of the mouth | Palatitis |
The combining form for bile duct | Cholangi/o |
Difficulty in swallowing | Dysphagia |
Pertaining to the rectum | Rectal |
An alternate combining form for lapar/o | Celi/o |
A disorder that occurs when too much iron is absorbed from food | Hemochromatosis |
Passage of bloody feces | Hematochezia |
A&P resection | Abdominoperineal resection |