Digestive System

Question 1

hepat/o

Answer 1

liver

Question 1

cholelithiasis

Answer 1

presence or formation of gallstones in the gallbladder or common bile duct

Question 2

gastr/o

Answer 2

stomach

Question 2

sigmoid/o

Answer 2

sigmoid colon

Question 2

appendicitis

Answer 2

inflammation of the appendix, usually due to obstruction or infection

Question 3

pyloric stenosis

Answer 3

stricture or narrowing of the pyloric sphincter

Question 4

esophag/o

Answer 4

esophagus

Question 5

col/o, colon/o

Answer 5

colon

Question 6

bucc/o

Answer 6

cheek

Question 6

steatorrhea

Answer 6

passage of fat in large amounts in the feces due to the failure to digest and absorb it

Question 7

enter/o

Answer 7

intestine (small)

Question 8

dia-

Answer 8

through, across

Question 10

cheil/o, labi/o

Answer 10

lip

Question 11

-prandial

Answer 11

meal

Question 12

or/o, stomat/o

Answer 12

mouth

Question 12

sub-

Answer 12

under, below

Question 13

rect/o

Answer 13

rectum

Question 14

regurgitation

Answer 14

backward flowing, as in the return of solids or fluids to the mouth from the stomach

Question 15

-orexia

Answer 15

appetite

Question 16

peri-

Answer 16

around

Question 17

chol/e

Answer 17

bile, gall

Question 17

anorexia

Answer 17

lack or loss of appetite, resulting in the inability to eat

Question 18

pharyng/o

Answer 18

pharynx

Question 18

fecalith

Answer 18

fecal concretion

Question 19

cholangi/o

Answer 19

bile vessel

Question 20

cachexia

Answer 20

physical wasting that includes loss of weight and muscle mass

Question 21

dysentery

Answer 21

inflammation of the intestine, colon caused by ingesting water or food containing chemical irritants, bacteria, protozoa

Question 22

-rrhea

Answer 22

discharge, flow

Question 23

gloss/o, lingu/o

Answer 23

tongue

Question 24

-phagia

Answer 24

swallowing, eating

Question 26

an/o

Answer 26

anus

Question 27

jejun/o

Answer 27

jejunum

Question 28

-megaly

Answer 28

enlargement

Question 29

melena

Answer 29

passage of dark colored tarry stools due to the presence of blood altered by intestinal juices

Question 30

dent/o, odont/o

Answer 30

teeth

Question 31

flatus

Answer 31

gas in the GI tract

Question 33

-iasis

Answer 33

abdominal condition

Question 34

sial/o

Answer 34

saliva, salivary glands

Question 35

pylor.o

Answer 35

pylorus

Question 36

cholecyst/o

Answer 36

gallbladder

Question 38

-pepsia

Answer 38

digestion

Question 38

colic

Answer 38

spasm in an hollow or tubular soft organ, especially in the colon, accompanied by pain

Question 39

cirrhosis

Answer 39

scarring and dysfunction of the liver cause by chronic liver disease

Question 40

Crohn disease

Answer 40

form of IBD

Question 42

ascites

Answer 42

abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity

Question 43

proct/o

Answer 43

anus, rectum

Question 44

ile/o

Answer 44

ileum (small intestine)

Question 45

borborygmus

Answer 45

rumbling or gurgling noises that are audible at a distance

Question 46

hematemesis

Answer 46

vomiting blood from bleeding in the stomach or esophagus

Question 47

append/o, appendic/o

Answer 47

appendix

Question 47

choledoch/o

Answer 47

bile duct

Question 49

gingiv/o

Answer 49

gums

Question 51

dysphagia

Answer 51

inability or difficulty in swallowing; aphagia

Question 52

eructation

Answer 52

producing gas from the stomach, usually with a characteristic sound

Question 53

-emesis

Answer 53

vomit

Question 55

pancreat/o

Answer 55

pancreas

Question 56

hallitosis

Answer 56

foul smelling breath

Question 58

duoden/o

Answer 58

duodenum

Question 59

obstipation

Answer 59

severe constipation