Deck 7: Digestive System

Question 1

The surgical procedure to excise a benign growth with a stalk is a:

A) colectomy
B) cholecystectomy
C) diverticulectomy
D) polypectomy
E) jejunectomy

Answer 1

polypectomy

Question 2

What diagnosis refers to an open sore caused by perforation of the skin?

A) volvulus
B) jaundice
C) hernia
D) ulcer
E) abscess

Answer 2

ulcer

Question 3

Dysphagia results from a disorder associated with the:

A) esophagus
B) stomach
C) small intestine
D) colon
E) rectum

Answer 3

esophagus

Question 4

Which of the following class of drugs relieve constipation and facilitate passage of feces?

A) laxatives
B) antidiarrheals
C) antibiotics
D) antiemetics
E) NSAIDs

Question 5

Which of the following is a chronic liver disease characterized by jaundice?

A) fistula
B) hematochezia
C) polyp
D) cirrhosis
E) Crohn disease

Question 6

Match the word elements with their meanings.

-meal

A) chol/e
B) cholangi/o
C) cholecyst/o
D) choledoch/o
E) col/o
F) enter/o
G) gastr/o
H) gingiv/o
I) gloss/o
J) hepat/o
K) odont/o
L) or/o
M) pharyng/o
N) proct/o
O) rect/o
P) -emesis
Q) -orexia
R) -phagia
S) -prandial
T) -rrhea

Question 7

Match the word elements with their meanings.

-vomiting

A) chol/e
B) cholangi/o
C) cholecyst/o
D) choledoch/o
E) col/o
F) enter/o
G) gastr/o
H) gingiv/o
I) gloss/o
J) hepat/o
K) odont/o
L) or/o
M) pharyng/o
N) proct/o
O) rect/o
P) -emesis
Q) -orexia
R) -phagia
S) -prandial
T) -rrhea

Question 8

Match the word elements with their meanings.

-swallowing, eating

A) chol/e
B) cholangi/o
C) cholecyst/o
D) choledoch/o
E) col/o
F) enter/o
G) gastr/o
H) gingiv/o
I) gloss/o
J) hepat/o
K) odont/o
L) or/o
M) pharyng/o
N) proct/o
O) rect/o
P) -emesis
Q) -orexia
R) -phagia
S) -prandial
T) -rrhea

Question 9

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-disease of the small intestine

A) antiemetics
B) anorexia
C) ascites
D) barium enema
E) barium swallow
F) Borborygmus
G) Cholecystectomy
H) Cholelithiasis
I) diverticular disease
J) Dysentery
K) Dyspepsia
L) Dysphagia
M) Endoscopy
N) Enteropathy
O) Fistula
P) Hemorrhoid
Q) Hernia
R) IBS
S) Jaundice
T) lithotripsy

Question 10

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-bulging pouches in the GI tract

A) antiemetics
B) anorexia
C) ascites
D) barium enema
E) barium swallow
F) Borborygmus
G) Cholecystectomy
H) Cholelithiasis
I) diverticular disease
J) Dysentery
K) Dyspepsia
L) Dysphagia
M) Endoscopy
N) Enteropathy
O) Fistula
P) Hemorrhoid
Q) Hernia
R) IBS
S) Jaundice
T) lithotripsy

Question 11

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-abnormal passage from one organ to another or from a hollow organ to the surface

A) antiemetics
B) anorexia
C) ascites
D) barium enema
E) barium swallow
F) Borborygmus
G) Cholecystectomy
H) Cholelithiasis
I) diverticular disease
J) Dysentery
K) Dyspepsia
L) Dysphagia
M) Endoscopy
N) Enteropathy
O) Fistula
P) Hemorrhoid
Q) Hernia
R) IBS
S) Jaundice
T) lithotripsy

Question 12

Match the medical words with their definitions.

-noninvasive procedure to eliminate calculi in the gallbladder or bladder

A) antiemetics
B) anorexia
C) ascites
D) barium enema
E) barium swallow
F) Borborygmus
G) Cholecystectomy
H) Cholelithiasis
I) diverticular disease
J) Dysentery
K) Dyspepsia
L) Dysphagia
M) Endoscopy
N) Enteropathy
O) Fistula
P) Hemorrhoid
Q) Hernia
R) IBS
S) Jaundice
T) lithotripsy

Question 13

Use cholangi/o (bile vessel) to build a word that means process of recording (radiographic examination) the bile vessels (ducts): __________.

Question 14

Build a word that means excision of a gallstone: __________.

Question 15

Build a word that means stricture or narrowing of the esophagus: __________.

Question 16

Build a word that means tumor of the pancreas: __________.

Question 17

Build a word that means surgical fixation of a movable liver (to the abdominal wall): __________.