Med Term-Gastroenterology
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| The combining form gastr/o means | show 🗑
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| show | intestine
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| show | pertaining to the stomach
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| The word "oral" means | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to the tongue
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| The word "gustation" means | show 🗑
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| show | mouth
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| show | The process of swallowing food
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| show | mucosa
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| The hard bone and posterior soft tissues that form the roof of the mouth are called | show 🗑
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| show | chewing
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| show | uvula
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| show | pharynx
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| show | chyme
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| The flexible, muscular tube that moves food from the pharynx (throat) to the stomach is called the | show 🗑
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| The combining form "rect/o" means | show 🗑
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| show | mouth
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| show | rectum and anus
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| show | bile duct
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| The combining form "lip/o" means | show 🗑
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| show | liver
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| show | ear
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| show | mouth
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| The digestive system is also known as the | show 🗑
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| show | tongue
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| The large, elongated sac in the upper abdominal cavity is called the | show 🗑
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| The thick deep folds in the stomach that expand as the stomach is filled with food are called | show 🗑
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| The first part of the stomach is called the | show 🗑
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| The second part of the stomach is called the | show 🗑
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| The third part of the stomach is called the | show 🗑
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| show | gallbladder
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| The yellow, somewhat lumpy gland, shaped like an elongated triangle that lies posterior to the stomach is called the | show 🗑
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| show | flatus
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| Wave-like contractions in the stomach that help to propel the food bolus through the GI tract are called | show 🗑
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| The bitter fluid that is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder is called | show 🗑
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| show | peritoneum
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| Proteins that speed up chemical reactions in the GI tract are called | show 🗑
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| The digestive enzyme in the stomach that breaks down protein foods into large protein molecules is called | show 🗑
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| The combining form for the enzyme that digests milk is | show 🗑
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| The word meaning "below the mandible" is | show 🗑
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| The combining form that means gallbladder is | show 🗑
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| The combining form that means movement is | show 🗑
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| The suffix that means "study of" is | show 🗑
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| The word that means "diffucult or painful eating or swallowing" is | show 🗑
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| show | anorexia
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| The word that means "excessive overeating" due to a disease is called | show 🗑
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| A stone is a salivary gland is called | show 🗑
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| show | stomatitis
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| Inflammation of the tongue is called | show 🗑
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| show | dyspepsia
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| show | varices
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| show | PUD
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| show | GERD
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| Vomiting of blood is called | show 🗑
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| Acute inflammation or infection of the stomach due to a virus or bacterium is called | show 🗑
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| A cancerous tumor or mass in a gland is called | show 🗑
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| show | hyperemesis
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| show | emesis
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| The reflux of small amounts of food and acid back into the mouth, without vomiting, is called | show 🗑
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| Telescoping of one segment of the intestine inside the lumen of the next segment is called | show 🗑
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| show | volvulus
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| show | appendicitis
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| A weakness in the wall of the colon where the mucosa forms a pouch is called a | show 🗑
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| Inflammation or infection of the diverticula is called | show 🗑
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| A bacterial infection of the large intestine caused by an unusual strain of E.coli is called | show 🗑
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| The abbreviation for irritable bowel syndrome, also known as spastic colon, is | show 🗑
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| show | hemorrhoids
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| Inflammation of the rectum due to radiation therapy, or ulcers, or infection is called | show 🗑
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| show | rectocele
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| show | obstipation
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| show | fecalith
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| show | diarrhea
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| Blood in the feces is called | show 🗑
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| show | incontinence
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| show | steatorrhea
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| Fibrous bands that form after abdominal surgery are called | show 🗑
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| show | hernia
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| Inflammation and infection of the peritoneum is called | show 🗑
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| show | ascites
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| Inflammation and infection of the liver from a virus is called | show 🗑
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| show | cirrhosis
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| Enlargement of the liver is called | show 🗑
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| show | jaundice
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| show | hepatoma
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| Word that means "pertaining to the liver cell" is | show 🗑
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| show | cholangitis
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| show | cholecystitis
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| show | cholelithiasis
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| A condition of stones in the common bile duct is called | show 🗑
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| show | pancreatitis
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| Procedure to remove fluid from the abdomen is called an | show 🗑
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| Removal of the appendix is called an | show 🗑
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| Procedure to remove the diseased part of the colon and create a new opening in the abdominal wall is called a | show 🗑
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| Procedure that uses an endoscope to examine the gastrointestinal tract is called an | show 🗑
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| Procedure of using an instrument to examine the sigmoid colon is called a | show 🗑
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| Procedure of using an instrument to examine the entire colon is called a | show 🗑
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| show | laparotomy
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| show | steat/o
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| show | -emesis
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| The suffix that means enlargement is | show 🗑
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| The suffix that means creating a surgical opening is | show 🗑
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| The suffix that means "tumor or mass" is | show 🗑
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| show | -ectomy
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| show | -cele
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| The suffix that means the "process of suturing" is | show 🗑
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| show | -tomy
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| show | -scope
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| The suffix that means "the process of using an instrument to examine" is | show 🗑
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| show | -gram
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