Digestive System Medical Terminology Quiz
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Difficult digestion
A. malnutrition
B. malabsorption
C. dyspepsia
D. dysentery
Inflammation of the small intestine.
A. enteritis
B. enterorrahagia
C. enteroscope
D. colostomy
Gallstone
A. lithotripsy
B. neurotripsy
C. pancreatolith
D. cholelith
Liver disease
A. hepatitis
B. hepatomegaly
C. hepatopathy
D. hepatectomy
The tube after the small intestine where the liquid is absorbed.
A. large intestine
B. small intestine
C. rectum
D. stomach
A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.
A. pepsin
B. pepsi
C. saliva
D. salty
A. large intestine
B. small intestine
C. rectum
D. esophagus
Where in the body is Insulin and Glucagon produced?
A. Large Intestine
B. Pancreas
C. Small Intestine
D. Gallbladder
A. esophagus
B. liver
C. stomach
D. pancreas
A. purging
B. peristalsis
C. platinum
D. paralysis
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
Enlargement of the liver
A. hepatitis
B. hepatomegaly
C. hepatopathy
D. hepatectomy
Making a new opening between the stomach an first section of the small intestine
A. gastroduodenostomy
B. gastrectomy
C. gastroenterology
D. splenectomy
A muscular tube that helps move food from the mouth to the stomach.
A. esophagus
B. trachaea
C. small intestine
D. gall bladder
Inflammation of the liver
A. gingivitis
B. glossitis
C. hepatitis
D. enteritis
A. stomach
B. pancreas
C. large intestine
D. small intestine
Slow eating
A. phagocytosis
B. bradyphagia
C. tachyphagia
D. dysphagia
The hardest substance in the body is enamel.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Removal of the stomach
A. gastroduodenostomy
B. gastrectomy
C. gastroenterology
D. splenectomy
Surgical crushing of a stone
A. lithotripsy
B. neurotripsy
C. pancreatolith
D. cholelith
Some of the functions of the liver are detoxification and secretion of bile.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
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
Removal of the spleen
A. gastroduodenostomy
B. gastrectomy
C. gastroenterology
D. splenectomy
The opening at the end of the digestive track where feces exits the body.
A. large intestine
B. small intestine
C. rectum
D. anus
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