Digestive System Medical Terminology Quiz
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Inflammation of the small intestine.
A. enteritis
B. enterorrahagia
C. enteroscope
D. colostomy
A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.
A. pepsin
B. pepsi
C. saliva
D. salty
Where in the body is Insulin and Glucagon produced?
A. Large Intestine
B. Pancreas
C. Small Intestine
D. Gallbladder
The hardest substance in the body is enamel.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
A. stomach
B. pancreas
C. large intestine
D. small intestine
A muscular tube that helps move food from the mouth to the stomach.
A. esophagus
B. trachaea
C. small intestine
D. gall bladder
Making a new opening between the stomach an first section of the small intestine
A. gastroduodenostomy
B. gastrectomy
C. gastroenterology
D. splenectomy
Liver disease
A. hepatitis
B. hepatomegaly
C. hepatopathy
D. hepatectomy
Surgical crushing of a stone
A. lithotripsy
B. neurotripsy
C. pancreatolith
D. cholelith
A long folded tube inside the body attached to the stomach where nutrients in the food are absorbed.
A. large intestine
B. small intestine
C. esophagus
D. rectum
Under the tongue
A. sublingual
B. glossitis
C. glossal
D. lingual
The tube after the small intestine where the liquid is absorbed.
A. large intestine
B. small intestine
C. rectum
D. stomach
Removal of the stomach
A. gastroduodenostomy
B. gastrectomy
C. gastroenterology
D. splenectomy
Study of the stomach and small intestine
A. gastroduodenostomy
B. gastrectomy
C. gastroenterology
D. splenectomy
Removal of the spleen
A. gastroduodenostomy
B. gastrectomy
C. gastroenterology
D. splenectomy
A series of wave-like muscle contractions that moves food to different processing stations in the digestive tract.
A. adduction
B. primary wave
C. peristalsis
D. inversion
Fast eating
A. phagocytosis
B. bradyphagia
C. tachyphagia
D. dysphagia
A. large intestine
B. small intestine
C. rectum
D. esophagus
Some of the functions of the liver are detoxification and secretion of bile.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Difficult digestion
A. malnutrition
B. malabsorption
C. dyspepsia
D. dysentery
Slow eating
A. phagocytosis
B. bradyphagia
C. tachyphagia
D. dysphagia
instrument used to view the inside of the small intestine.
A. enteritis
B. enterorrahagia
C. enteroscope
D. colostomy
The opening at the end of the digestive track where feces exits the body.
A. large intestine
B. small intestine
C. rectum
D. anus
A. pancreas
B. trachea
C. liver
D. esophagus
A. purging
B. peristalsis
C. platinum
D. paralysis
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