Digestive System Medical Terminology Quiz
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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
instrument used to view the inside of the small intestine.
A. enteritis
B. enterorrahagia
C. enteroscope
D. colostomy
Removal of the stomach
A. gastroduodenostomy
B. gastrectomy
C. gastroenterology
D. splenectomy
Gallstone
A. lithotripsy
B. neurotripsy
C. pancreatolith
D. cholelith
Slow eating
A. phagocytosis
B. bradyphagia
C. tachyphagia
D. dysphagia
Study of the stomach and small intestine
A. gastroduodenostomy
B. gastrectomy
C. gastroenterology
D. splenectomy
Inflammation of the liver
A. gingivitis
B. glossitis
C. hepatitis
D. enteritis
Some of the functions of the liver are detoxification and secretion of bile.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
The opening at the end of the digestive track where feces exits the body.
A. large intestine
B. small intestine
C. rectum
D. anus
Making a new opening between the stomach an first section of the small intestine
A. gastroduodenostomy
B. gastrectomy
C. gastroenterology
D. splenectomy
Under the tongue
A. sublingual
B. glossitis
C. glossal
D. lingual
Removal of the spleen
A. gastroduodenostomy
B. gastrectomy
C. gastroenterology
D. splenectomy
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
A. esophagus
B. liver
C. stomach
D. pancreas
A. pancreas
B. trachea
C. liver
D. esophagus
Difficult digestion
A. malnutrition
B. malabsorption
C. dyspepsia
D. dysentery
The hardest substance in the body is enamel.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Enlargement of the liver
A. hepatitis
B. hepatomegaly
C. hepatopathy
D. hepatectomy
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
A. stomach
B. pancreas
C. large intestine
D. small intestine
A. large intestine
B. small intestine
C. rectum
D. esophagus
Surgical crushing of a stone
A. lithotripsy
B. neurotripsy
C. pancreatolith
D. cholelith
Liver disease
A. hepatitis
B. hepatomegaly
C. hepatopathy
D. hepatectomy
Fast eating
A. phagocytosis
B. bradyphagia
C. tachyphagia
D. dysphagia
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