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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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