Ch 6 - Add. Digestive System Terminology

Question 1

• ectasis

- ectasia

Answer 1

dilation, (dilatation), widening

ex. cholangiectasis - dialation of the bile vessel

Cholangi/o means bile duct (vessel). This condition is secondary to bile duct obstruction.

Question 2

-emesis

Answer 2

vomiting

ex. hematemesis - vomitting blood

Question 3

-pepsia

Answer 3

digestion

ex. dyspepsia - difficult digestion

Question 4

-phagia

Answer 4

eating, swallowing

ex. polyphagia - excessive appetite and uncontrolled eating

Question 5

-plasty

Answer 5

surgical repair

ex. abdominoplasty - surgical repair of the abdomen

Question 6

-ptysis

Answer 6

spitting

ex. hemoptysis - spitting of blood

Question 7

• rrhage

- rrhagia

Answer 7

bursting forth (of blood)

ex. hemorrhage - bursting forth of blood

Question 8

-rrhaphy

Answer 8

suture

ex. herniorrhaphy - suture repair of hernia

Question 9

-rrhea

Answer 9

flow, discharge

ex. diarrhea - complete discharge

Question 10

-spasm

Answer 10

involuntary contraction of muscles

ex. pylorospasm - involuntary contraction of the pyloric sphincter

Question 11

-stasis

Answer 11

stopping, controlling

ex. cholestasis - stopping of the bile (Flow of the bile from the liver to the duodenum is interrupted)

Question 12

-stenosis

Answer 12

narrowing, tightening

ex. pyloric stenosis - narrowing of the pyloric sphincter

Question 13

-tresia

Answer 13

opening

ex. atresia - no opening (Absence of a normal opening)
ex. esophageal atresia - no opening of the esophagus