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Digestive System Medical Terminology Quiz


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Making a new opening between the stomach an first section of the small intestine

A. gastroduodenostomy

B. gastrectomy

C. gastroenterology

D. splenectomy


Removal of the stomach

A. gastroduodenostomy

B. gastrectomy

C. gastroenterology

D. splenectomy


A. stomach

B. pancreas

C. large intestine

D. small intestine


instrument used to view the inside of the small intestine. 

A. enteritis

B. enterorrahagia

C. enteroscope

D. colostomy


Fast eating

A. phagocytosis

B. bradyphagia

C. tachyphagia

D. dysphagia


Difficult digestion

A. malnutrition

B. malabsorption

C. dyspepsia

D. dysentery


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


Inflammation of the liver

A. gingivitis

B. glossitis

C. hepatitis

D. enteritis


A. esophagus

B. liver

C. stomach

D. pancreas


Inflammation of the small intestine. 

A. enteritis

B. enterorrahagia

C. enteroscope

D. colostomy


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 tube after the small intestine where the liquid is absorbed.

A. large intestine

B. small intestine

C. rectum

D. stomach


Enlargement of the liver

A. hepatitis

B. hepatomegaly

C. hepatopathy

D. hepatectomy


Gallstone

A. lithotripsy

B. neurotripsy

C. pancreatolith

D. cholelith


Study of the stomach and 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


A. purging

B. peristalsis

C. platinum

D. paralysis


Removal of the spleen

A. gastroduodenostomy

B. gastrectomy

C. gastroenterology

D. splenectomy


Under the tongue

A. sublingual

B. glossitis

C. glossal

D. lingual


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


Some of the functions of the liver are detoxification and secretion of bile.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


Where in the body is Insulin and Glucagon produced?

A. Large Intestine

B. Pancreas

C. Small Intestine

D. Gallbladder


The hardest substance in the body is enamel.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


Surgical crushing of a stone

A. lithotripsy

B. neurotripsy

C. pancreatolith

D. cholelith


Liver disease

A. hepatitis

B. hepatomegaly

C. hepatopathy

D. hepatectomy




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