Digestive System

Question 1

anorexia

Answer 1

lack of appetite

Question 2

antiemetic

Answer 2

against vomiting

Question 3

biliary

Answer 3

bile

Question 4

carnivorous

Answer 4

eating flesh

Question 5

cholecystitis

Answer 5

inflammation of the gallbladder

Question 6

colitis

Answer 6

inflammation of the colon

Question 7

coprophagia

Answer 7

process of eating feces

Question 8

defecation

Answer 8

defecating

Question 9

duodenal

Answer 9

pertaining to the duodenum (between the small intestine and stomach)

Question 10

dysphagia

Answer 10

difficulty swallowing or eating

Question 11

enteritis

Answer 11

inflammation of intestines

Question 12

enterotomy

Answer 12

cutting into the intestines

Question 13

eructation

Answer 13

belching

Question 14

esophagitis

Answer 14

inflammation of the esophagus

Question 15

gastroenteritis

Answer 15

inflammation of the stomach and intestines

Question 16

gastropexy

Answer 16

Sx for stomach to not rotate on it’s axis

Question 17

glossal

Answer 17

related to the tongue

Question 18

hematemesis

Answer 18

bloody vomit

Question 19

hematochezia

Answer 19

blood on feces

Question 20

hepatomegaly

Answer 20

enlargement of the liver

Question 21

hepatomegaly

Answer 21

enlargement of the liver

Question 22

herbivorous

Answer 22

planter eater!

Question 23

icteric

Answer 23

icterus (jejunal)

Question 24

ileocecal

Answer 24

ileum and cecum

Question 25

lingual

Answer 25

"toward" the tongue

Question 26

mastication

Answer 26

chewing

Question 27

megaesophagus

Answer 27

dilation of the esophagus

Question 28

monogastric

Answer 28

carnivore/omnivore style of digestion

Question 29

omnivore

Answer 29

digests plants and meat

Question 30

oropharynx

Answer 30

where the back of the throat attaches the mouth to the esophagus

Question 31

pancreatitis

Answer 31

inflammation of the pancreas

Question 32

peristalsis

Answer 32

rhythmic traction of any smooth muscle to more material in a propulsive direction

Question 33

peritonitis

Answer 33

inflammation of lining inside the stomach

Question 34

pharyngeal

Answer 34

the throat

Question 35

postprandial

Answer 35

the time period after a meal

Question 36

pyloric

Answer 36

outflow section of the stomach

Question 37

stomatitis

Answer 37

inflammation of the mouth

Question 38

visceral

Answer 38

anything inside the abdominal cavity