Chapter 6

Question 1

Digestive system is referred to as

Answer 1

Referred to as
Digestive system or tract
Alimentary system
GI system or tract
Combining form is aliment/o

Question 2

Mouth or oral cavity contains and combining form

Answer 2

Contains lips, cheeks, palates, salivary glands, tongue, teeth, and periodontium
Combining form are or/o or stomat/o

Question 3

Combing form for jaw

Answer 3

gnath/o

Question 4

Lips combining form

Answer 4

cheil/o or labi/o

Question 5

Cheeks combining form

Answer 5

bucc/o

Question 6

Palate combining form

Answer 6

palat/o
Palate has rugae
rug/o

Question 7

Tongue combing form

Answer 7

gloss/o or lingu/o

Question 8

Teeth combing form

Answer 8

dent/o , dent/i, odent/o

Question 9

Dentition

Answer 9

Refers to the teeth as a whole
The primary dentition is temporary and known as the deciduous dentition
Secondary dentition is permanent

Question 10

Gingiva

Answer 10

The mucous membrane that surrounds the teeth
Combining form gingiv/o

Question 11

Salivary glands

Answer 11

Groups of cells that secrete saliva
Combining forms are sialaden/o and sial/o

Question 12

The thraot

Answer 12

The pharynx is the cavity in the caudal oral cavity that joins the respiratory and GI systems
Combining form pharyng/o

Question 13

The gullet

Answer 13

The esophagus is a collapsible, muscular tube that leads from oral cavity to the stomach
Combining form is esophag/o

Question 14

The abdomen combining form

Answer 14

Also known as abdominal cavity
Combining forms are abdomin/o and celi/o
Combining form for abdomen and flank is lapar/o

Question 15

The stomach

Answer 15

A saclike organ that aids in digestion of food
Monogastric animals have one true glandular stomach
Ruminants have one true glandular stomach and three forestomachs

Question 16

Small intestine three sections

Answer 16

Extends from pylorus to the large intestine
Three segments:
- duodenum: proximal part (duoden/i or duoden,o)
- Jejunum: middle part (jejun/o)
- Ileum: distal part (ille/o)

Question 17

Large intestine

Answer 17

Extends form the ileum to the anus

Question 18

Segments of the large intestine and their combining forms

Answer 18

Cecum: pouch that takes food from ileum (cec/o)
Colon: (col/o)
Rectum: caudal portion (rect/o)
Anus: caudal opening (an/o)
Anus and rectum together = proct/o

Question 19

Liver

Answer 19

Located caudal to the diaphragm (hepat/o)

Question 20

Gallbladder combining forms

Answer 20

Chol/e = bile
Cyst/o = sac
Cholecystic

Question 21

Pancreas combining forms

Answer 21

Pancreat/o

Question 22

Prehension

Answer 22

Food is grasped and collected in the oral cavity

Question 23

Mastication

Answer 23

Breaks food into smaller pieces

Question 24

Deglutition

Answer 24

Moves chewed food into the pharynx and then into the esophagus

Question 25

Peristalsis

Answer 25

A series of wavelike contractions of smooth muscles

Question 26

Colonoscopy

Answer 26

Endoscopic visual examination of the inner surface of the colon

Question 27

Aerophagia

Answer 27

Swallowing air

Question 28

Cachexia

Answer 28

General ill health and malnutrition

Question 29

Coprophagia

Answer 29

Ingestion of fecal matter

Question 30

Dysphagia

Answer 30

Difficulty swallowing or eating

Question 31

Emesis

Answer 31

Vomiting

Question 32

Eructation

Answer 32

Belching

Question 33

Malocclusion

Answer 33

Abnormal contact b/w the teeth

Question 34

Polydipsia

Answer 34

Excessive thirst or drinking

Question 35

Quidding

Answer 35

Condition in which food is taken into the mouth and chews but falls from the mouth

Question 36

Trichobezoar

Answer 36

Hairball

Question 37

Bolus

Answer 37

Rounded mass of food or large pharmaceutical prep or to give something rapidly

Question 38

Emetic

Answer 38

Producing vomiting

Question 39

Gastropexy

Answer 39

Surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall

Question 40

Gavage

Answer 40

Forced feeding or irrigation through a tube passed into the stomach

Question 41

Nasogastric intubation

Answer 41

Placement of tube through the nose into the stomach

Question 42

Prognathia

Answer 42

Having an elongated mandible

Question 43

Brachygnathia

Answer 43

Having a shortened mandible

Question 44

BE

Answer 44

Barium enema

Question 45

DA

Answer 45

Displaced abomasum

Question 46

EPI

Answer 46

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency

Question 47

GDV

Answer 47

Gastric dilation volvulus

Question 48

GERD

Answer 48

Gastroesophogeal reflux disease

Question 49

IBD

Answer 49

Inflammatory bowel disease

Question 50

LDA

Answer 50

Left displaced abomasum

Question 51

NG

Answer 51

Nasogastric

Question 52

P

Answer 52

Premolar

Question 53

PD

Answer 53

Polydipsia

Question 54

PO

Answer 54

Orally

Question 55

RDA

Answer 55

Right displaced abomasum

Question 56

TPN

Answer 56

Total parental nutrition