Chapter 3: Word Building

Question 1

mesenteric

Answer 1

meso: middle
enter/o: intestine
-ic: pertaining to

Question 2

celiac

Answer 2

celi/o-abdomen

-ac: pertaining to

Question 3

hepatic

Answer 3

hepat/o- liver

-ic: pertaining to

Question 4

hepatocyte

Answer 4

hepat/o: liver

-cyte: cell

Question 5

billirubin

Answer 5

bili/o: bile; gall
rub/o: red
-in: a substance

Question 6

pancreatic

Answer 6

pancreat/o: pancreas

-ic: pertaining to

Question 7

cholecystokinin

Answer 7

cholecyst/o: gallbladder
kin/o: movement
-in: a substance

Question 8

emulsification

Answer 8

emulsific/o: particles suspended in a liquid

-ation: a process; being or having

Question 9

hydrochloric acid

Answer 9

hydro/o: water; fluid
chlor/o: chloride
-ic: pertaining to

Question 10

pepsinogen

Answer 10

pepsin/o: pepsin

-gen: that which produces

Question 11

pepsin

Answer 11

peps/o: digestion

-in: a substance

Question 12

gastrin

Answer 12

gastr/o: stomach

-in: a substance

Question 13

amylase

Answer 13

amyl/o: carbohydrate; starch

-ase: enzyme

Question 14

lipase

Answer 14

lip/o: fat

-ase: enzyme

Question 15

lactase

Answer 15

lact/o: milk

-ase: enzyme

Question 16

fecal

Answer 16

fec/o: feces; stool

-al: pertaining to

Question 17

defecation

Answer 17

de: reversal of; without
fec/o: feces; stool
-ation: a process; being or having

Question 18

deglutition

Answer 18

Process of swallowing food

Question 19

gustatory cortex

Answer 19

area of the brain that receives and interprets tastes from the tongue

Question 20

mastication

Answer 20

process of chewing; this is part of the process of mechanical digestion

Question 21

mucose

Answer 21

mucous membrane that lines the gastrointestinal system, produces mucus

Question 22

cardia

Answer 22

first part of the stomach; inferior to the esophagus

Question 23

chyme

Answer 23

combination of partially digested food, saliva, and digestive enzymes in the stomach and small intestine

Question 24

esophagus

Answer 24

flexible, muscular tube that moves food from the pharynx to the stomach

Question 25

fundus

Answer 25

rounded, most superior part of the stomach

Question 26

peristalsis

Answer 26

contractions of smooth muscle that propel a bolus of food, chyme, or wastes and water through the GI tract
stal/o: contraction

Question 27

rugae

Answer 27

deep folds in the gastric mucosa that expand to accomodate food