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