Digestive System Terms

Question 1

ANOREXIA

Answer 1

Lack of appetite

Question 2

ASCITES

Answer 2

Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

Question 3

BORBORYGMI

Answer 3

(Bowel sounds) Rumbling or gurgling noises produced by the movement of gas, fluid, or both in the gastrointestinal tract

Question 4

CONSTIPATION

Answer 4

Difficulty in passing stools (feces)

Question 5

DIARRHEA

Answer 5

Frequent passage of loose watery stools

Question 6

DYSPHAGIA

Answer 6

Difficulty swallowing

Question 7

ERUCRATION

Answer 7

Gas expelled from the stomach through the mouth

Question 8

Flatus

Answer 8

Gas expelled through the anus

Question 9

HEMATOCHEZIA

Answer 9

Passage of fresh bright red blood through the anus

Question 10

JAUNDICE

Answer 10

Yellow orange skin and whites of the eyes due to high levels of bilirubin in the blood

Question 11

MELENA

Answer 11

Black tarry stools (feces containing blood)

Question 12

NAUSEA

Answer 12

Unpleasant sensation in the stomach with a tendency to vomit

Question 13

STEATORRHEA

Answer 13

Fat in the feces

Question 14

APTHOUS STOMATITIS

Answer 14

Inflammation in the mouth with small painful ulcers

Question 15

DENTAL CARIES

Answer 15

Tooth decay

Question 16

HERPETIC STOMATITIS

Answer 16

Inflammation of the mouth caused by the herpes virus

Question 17

ORAL LEUKOPLAKIA

Answer 17

White patches or plagues on the mucosa of the mouth

Question 18

PERIODONTAL DISEASE

Answer 18

Inflammation and degeneration of the gums teeth and surrounding bone

Question 19

ACHALASIA

Answer 19

Failure of lower esophageal sphincter to relax

Question 20

ESOPHAGEAL CANCER

Answer 20

Malignant tumor of the esophagus

Question 21

ESOPHAGEAL VARICES

Answer 21

Swollen varicose veins at the lower end of the esophagus

Question 22

GASTRIC CANCER

Answer 22

Malignant tumor of the stomach

Question 23

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE

Answer 23

Solids and fluids return to the mouth from the stomach

Question 24

HERNIA

Answer 24

Protrusion of an organ or part through the tissues and muscles normally containing it

Question 25

PEPTIC ULCER

Answer 25

Open sore in the linking of the stomach or duodenum

Question 26

ANAL FISTULA

Answer 26

Abnormal tube like passageway near the anus

Question 27

COLONIC POLYPS

Answer 27

Polyps (benign growths) protrude from the mucous membranes of the colon

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COLORECTAL CANCER

Answer 28

Adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum or both

Question 29

CHRONS DISEASE

Answer 29

Chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract

Question 30

DIVERTICULOSIS

Answer 30

Abnormal outpourings in the intestinal wall if the colon

Question 31

DYSENTERY

Answer 31

Painful inflammation of the intestines commonly caused by bacterial infection

Question 32

HEMORRHOIDS

Answer 32

Swollen twisted varicose veins in the rectal region

Question 33

ILEUS

Answer 33

LOSS OF PERISTALSIS With resulting obstruction of the intestines

Question 34

INTUSSUSCEPTION

Answer 34

Telescoping of the intestines

Question 35

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

Answer 35

Group of GI symptoms (abdominal pain, bloating diarrhea, constipation) without structural abnormalities of the intestines

Question 36

ULCERATIVE COLITIS

Answer 36

Chronic inflammation of the colon with presence of ulcers

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VOLVULUS

Answer 37

Testing of the intestines on itself

Question 38

CHOLELITHIASIS

Answer 38

Gallstones in the gallbladder

Question 39

CIRRHOSIS

Answer 39

Chronic degenerative disease of the liver

Question 40

HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

Answer 40

Liver cancer

Question 41

PANCREATIC CANCER

Answer 41

Malignant tumor of the pancreas

Question 42

VIRAL HEPATITIS

Answer 42

Inflammation of the liver caused by a virus

Question 43

EMESIS

Answer 43

Kidney shaped container beside a hospital bed to catch vomit

Question 44

SPASM

Answer 44

Eating spicy foods can lead to spasm of gastric sphincter

Question 45

STASIS

Answer 45

Overgrowth of bacteria within the small intestine can cause stasis of the intestinal contents

Question 46

STENOSIS

Answer 46

Projectile vomiting in an infant during feeding is a clinical sign of pyloric stenosis