Question | Answer |
Two root words for abdomen? | abdomin/o, lapar/o |
Root word for cheek? | bucc/o |
Root word for lip? | cheil/o |
Root word for bile, gall? | chol/e, chol/o |
Root word for bile duct? | cholangi/o |
Root word for gallbladder? | cholecyst/o |
Root word for common bile duct? | choledoch/o |
Root word for colon? | col/o, colon/o |
Root word for teeth? | dent/i, dent/o |
Root word for duodenum? | duoden/o |
Suffix for vomit? | -emesis |
Root word for intestine? | enter/o |
Root word for esophagus? | esophag/o |
Root word for stomach? | gastr/o |
Root word for gums? | gingiv/o |
Root word for tongue? | gloss/o |
Root word for liver? | hepat/o |
Root word for ileum? | ile/o |
Root word for jejunum? | jejun/o |
Suffix for stone? | -lith |
Root word for pancreas? | pancreat/o |
Suffix word for digestion? | -pepsia |
Root word for eating, swallowing? | phago/o |
Suffix means to eat or swallow? | -phagia |
Two root words for anus or rectum? | proct/o, rect/o |
Root word for pylorus? | pylor/o |
Root word for salivary glands? | sial/o |
Root word for sigmoid colon? | sigmoid/o |
Root word for mouth? | stomat/o |
What are the two specialists concerned with most aspects of the digestive system? | gastroenterologists, proctologists |
The digestive system is composed of a continuous tract beginning with the oral cavity and ending at the anus. This tract, called the ______ or the _______ tract. | alimentary canal, gastrointestinal(GI) |
Digestion begins in the oral cavity where food is broken apart by ________. | mastication |
What is the small mass of masticated food called? | bolus |
The esophagus, a collapsible tube, lubricates the food with mucus and moves it into the stomach by ____________. | peristalsis
(wave-like muscular contractions). |
The _________ is also called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). It is a ring-like muscle that controls food flow from the esophagus into the stomach. | cardiac sphincter
(“ cardiac” because of its proxim-ity to the heart) |
After 3 or 4 hours, the content of the stomach, which by this stage is a liquid called _____________. | chyme (pronounced kyme) |
Chyme passes through the ______,a muscle at the distal end of the stomach, and into the _________. | pyloric sphincter, duodenum |
The small intestine is divided into three parts: the _______ ,____ , and ______. | duodenum,jejunum,ileum |
The ________ controls the flow from the ileum into the _______ , the first part of the large intestine. | ileocecal sphincter(ile/o means “ileum”; cecal is the adjective form of cecum), cecum |
The large intestine extends from the distal portion of the ileum to the anus. It is divided into three parts: the ______, ________, _______. | cecum, colon, rectum |
The colon is subdivided into four parts: the _______, _________, _________, and __________. | ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, and sigmoid colon. |
What are the accessory organs of the digestive system? | salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. |
Once bile is produced in the liver, it travels down the ________ to the gallbladder for storage. | common bile duct |
What two other terms for gallbladder? | cholecystis, cholecyst |