Digestive System 8/1

Question 0

Gastr/o

Answer 0

Stomach, belly

Question 1

Or/o

Answer 1

Mouth, oral cavity

Question 2

-emesis

Answer 2

Vomiting

Question 3

An/o

Answer 3

Anus, ring

Question 4

Col/o

Answer 4

Colon, large intestine

Question 5

Rect/o

Answer 5

Rectum, straight

Question 6

Bolus

Answer 6

A mass of masticated food ready to be swallowed

Question 7

Fecal

Answer 7

Pertaining to feces

Question 8

Incontinent

Answer 8

Unable to control the bladder or bowel

Question 9

Nausea

Answer 9

An inclination to vomit

Question 10

Varices

Answer 10

Enlarged twisted veins

Question 11

Colostomy

Answer 11

Incision of the colon for the purpose of making a more or less permanent opening

Question 12

Colon/o

Answer 12

Colon, large intestine

Question 13

-pepsia

Answer 13

Digest, digestion

Question 14

Sigmoid/o

Answer 14

Sigmoid colon

Question 15

Chyme

Answer 15

The mixture of partially digested food and digestive secretions found in the stomach and small intestines during digestion of a meal

Question 16

Peristalsis

Answer 16

Progressive wavelike muscular movement that occurs involuntarily in the digestive system

Question 17

Impaction

Answer 17

Collection of hardened feces in the rectum that cannot be expelled

Question 18

Stomat/o

Answer 18

Mouth, oral cavity

Question 19

Enter/o

Answer 19

Small intestine

Question 20

-phagia

Answer 20

Eating,swallowing

Question 21

Chol/e

Answer 21

Bile, gall

Question 22

-lithiasis

Answer 22

Presence of stones

Question 23

Alimentary canal

Answer 23

The intestinal tract from the esophagus to the rectum and accessory organs

Question 24

Defecate

Answer 24

To pass stool or move bowels

Question 25

Villi

Answer 25

Villi of the small intestine that absorb nutrients during the process of digestion

Question 26

Ascending

Answer 26

Portion of the colon that ascends from the lower right quadrant to the upper right quadrant

Question 27

Pruritus ani

Answer 27

Itching around anus

Question 28

Hydrochloric acid

Answer 28

A digestive juice found in the stomach

Question 29

Cholecyst/o

Answer 29

Gallbladder

Question 30

Hepat/o

Answer 30

Liver

Question 31

Proct/o

Answer 31

Anus rectum

Question 32

Anus

Answer 32

External opening of the anal canal

Question 33

Transverse

Answer 33

Lying across; the segment of the large intestine that lies across the abdomen

Question 34

Flatus

Answer 34

Intestinal gas