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