Digestive System
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| What covers the trachea so that food does not go into the lungs when you swallow? | Epiglottis
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| What is it called when fluid and solids come back up from the stomach to the mouth? | Regurgitation
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| What is an inflammation of a pouch in the colon? | Diverticulitis
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| What is the medical tern for gallstones? | Cholelithiasis
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| What is a varicose vein in the rectum called? | Hemorrhoid
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| What is the abbreviation for "nothing by mouth"? | NPO-means nothing per oral.
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| What is the disease that destroys the cells of the liver? | Cirrhosis
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| What is the term for a visual exam of the colon? | Colonoscopy
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| What is the medical term for loss of appetite? | Anorexia
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| What is an inflammation of the glans in the penis called? | Balanitis
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| What is it called when the testes do not descend into the scrotal sac? | Crypotorchidism
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Where is bile produced? | Pancreas
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| Where is bile stored? | Gallbladder
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| What is the medical term for the removal of the gallbladder? | Cholecystectomy
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| 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
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