Medical Terminology Ch. 5 & 6 – Digestive System – Flashcards
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Cheil/o means the same as:
Select one:
a. Lingu/o
b. Gingiv/o
c. Gloss/o
d. Palat/o
e. Labi/o
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e. Labi/o
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Gingiv/o means:
Select one:
a. Tooth
b. Stomach
c. Intestine
d. Chest
e. Gums
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e. Gums
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Pertaining to the abdomen:
Select one:
a. Gastric
b. Celiac
c. Colonic
d. Pelvic
e. Esophageal
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b. Celiac
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Stomat/o means:
Select one:
a. Roof of the mouth
b. Mouth
c. Cheek
d. Stomach
e. Tongue
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b. Mouth
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Fats are improperly digested and appear in the feces:
Select one:
a. Adipose
b. Steatorrhea
c. Lipase
d. Lipolysis
e. Glycogenolysis
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b. Steatorrhea
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Muscular wave-like movement to transport food through the digestive system:
Select one:
a. Mastication
b. Regurgitation
c. Emulsification
d. Peristalsis
e. Anastomosis
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d. Peristalsis
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Buccal means pertaining to the:
Select one:
a. Cheek
b. Soft palate
c. Tongue
d. Teeth
e. Throat
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a. Cheek
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New opening from the large bowel to the surface of the body:
Select one:
a. Jejunostomy
b. Jejunotomy
c. Enterostomy
d. Colostomy
e. Duodenotomy
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d. Colostomy
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The combining form of the first part of the large intestine is:
Select one:
a. Ile/o
b. Jejun/o
c. Ili/o
d. Duoden/o
e. Cec/o
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e. Cec/o
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Stone in a salivary gland:
Select one:
a. Lithiasis
b. Cholecystolithiasis
c. Adenolithiasis
d. Sialadenolithiasis
e. Renal calculus
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d. Sialadenolithiasis
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Visual examination of the abdomen:
Select one:
a. Laparoscopy
b. Colonoscopy
c. Liver scan
d. Colectomy
e. Enterorrhaphy
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a. Laparoscopy
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New opening from the large bowel to the surface of the body:
Select one:
a. Jejunostomy
b. Jejunotomy
c. Enterostomy
d. Colostomy
e. Duodenotomy
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d. Colostomy
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Fats are improperly digested and appear in the feces:
Select one:
a. Adipose
b. Steatorrhea
c. Lipase
d. Lipolysis
e. Glycogenolysis
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b. Steatorrhea
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Pyloric stenosis:
Select one:
a. Gastric ulcer
b. Narrowing of the opening between the stomach and intestine
c. Hiatal hernia
d. Cardiospasm
e. Achalasia
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b. Narrowing of the opening between the stomach and intestine
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Difficult digestion:
Select one:
a. Deglutition
b. Dysphagia
c. Aphagia
d. Polyphagia
e. Dyspepsia
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e. Dyspepsia
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Common bile duct:
Select one:
a. Cholecyst/o
b. Celi/o
c. Cholelith/o
d. Choledoch/o
e. Cheil/o
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d. Choledoch/o
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Spitting up blood:
Select one:
a. hemmoptsyis
b. hemotisis
c. hemoptysis
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c. hemoptysis
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Opposite of -ectasis:
Select one:
a. -stenosis
b. -ptysis
c. -spasm
d. -stasis
e. -lysis
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a. -stenosis
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A stomach ulcer would most likely be detected by which of the following tests?
Select one:
a. Cholecystography
b. Serum hepatitis B surface antigen
c. Intravenous cholangiogram
d. Gastroscopy
e. Abdominal CT scan
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d. Gastroscopy
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Flow, discharge:
Select one:
a. -ptysis
b. -emesisuu
c. -rrhaphy
d. -rrhea
e. -phagia
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d. -rrhea
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For functions of gastrointestinal tract
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1. Ingestion.
2. Digestion.
3. Absorption.
4. Elimination.
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celi/o
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Belly, abdomen.
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enter/o
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Intestines, usually small.
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lapar/o
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Abdomen
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mandibul/o
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Lower jaw, mandible.
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pharyng/o
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Throat
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proct/o
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Anus and rectum
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pylor/o
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Pyloric sphincter
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sialaden/o
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Salivary gland
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amyl/o
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Starch
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bil/o
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Gall, bile
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chole/o
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Gall, bile
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chlorhydr/o
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hydrochloric acid
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glyc/o
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Sugar
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glycogen/o
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Glycogen, animal starch
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lip/o
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Fat, lipid
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py/o
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Pus
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sial/o
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saliva, salivary
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steat/o
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Fat
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-ase
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Enzyme
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-chezia
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Defecation, elimination of wastes
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-prandial
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meal
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achalasia
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Failure of the lower esophagus sphincter (LES) muscle to relax.
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dysentery
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Painful inflamed intestines commonly caused by bacterial infection.
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-ectasia, -ectasis
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Dilatation, widening
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-pepsia
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Digestion
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-phagia
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Swallowing, eating
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-plasty
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Surgical repair
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
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Bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhea
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Flow, discharge
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-spasm
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Involuntary contraction of muscles
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-stasis
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Stopping, controlling
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-tresia
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Opening
