Chapter 8

Question 0

Anorexia

Answer 0

Lack of appetite

Question 1

Digestive system 
-mouth
Teeth
Salivary glands 
Pharynx
Esophagus
Stomach
Small intestine
Lg intestine
Liver
Gallbladder 
Pancreas

Answer 1

• mechanically breaks food apart
• used in mastication
• saliva to moisten food
• common passageway for both respiration and Digestion
• moves bolus by peristalsis down
• reduces food to Digestible state
• digestion and absorption take place chiefly in the small intestine
• reabsorb water from the fecal material
• changes glucose to glycogen
• stores and concentrates bile that has been produce by the liver
• secretes pancreatic juice into the small blend

Question 2

Appendectomy

Answer 2

Surgical excision of appendix

Question 3

Appendicitis

Answer 3

Inflammation of the appendix

Question 4

Biliary

Answer 4

Pertaining to bile

Question 5

Celiac

Answer 5

Pertaining to that abdomen

Question 6

Dysphagia

Answer 6

Difficulty swallowing

Question 7

Hepatitis

Answer 7

Inflammation of the liver

Question 8

Herniorrhaphy

Answer 8

Surgical repair of a hernia

Question 9

Postprandial

Answer 9

Pertaining to after meals

Question 10

Splenomegaly

Answer 10

Enlargement of the spleen

Question 11

Sigmoidoscope

Answer 11

An instrument used in a medical procedure to view the internal sigmoid colon

Question 12

Palate

Answer 12

Roof of the mouth

Question 13

Small intestine is divided into three parts

Answer 13

• duodenum small
• jejunum med
• ileum lg

Question 14

Ileostomy

Answer 14

The surgical creation of a new opening through the abdominal wall into the ileum

Question 15

Ileum

Answer 15

The remaining 12 feet of tube in the stomach

Question 16

Absorption

Answer 16

Process by which nutrients materials is transferred from the gastroinestinal tract to the bloodstream

Question 17

Bowel

Answer 17

Intestine

Question 18

Buccal

Answer 18

Literally means pertaining to the cheek

Question 19

Cholecystectomy

Answer 19

Surgical excision of the gallbladder

Question 20

Cholecystitis

Answer 20

Inflammation of the gallbladder

Question 21

Cirrhosis

Answer 21

Chronic degenerative liver disease by changes in the lobes

Question 22

Colectomy

Answer 22

Surgical excision of part of the colon

Question 23

Colonoscope

Answer 23

Then lighted flexible instrument that means he used to be you think internal of the colon: during the colonoscopy

Question 24

Colonic

Answer 24

Pertaining to the colon

Question 25

Colonstomy

Answer 25

Literally means the creation of a new opening into the colon

Question 26

Crohn disease

Answer 26

Chronic autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract

Question 27

Defecation

Answer 27

Evacuation of the bowl

Question 28

Diarrhea

Answer 28

Frequent passage of unformed watery stool

Question 29

Diverticulitis

Answer 29

Inflammation of the diverticula in the colon (pouches in the wall of an organ) symptoms include pain fever chills cramping bloating constipation and diarrhea

Question 30

Dysentery

Answer 30

and intestinal disease characterized by inflammation of the mucous membrane

Question 31

Emesis

Answer 31

Vomiting

Question 32

Enteric

Answer 32

Pertaining to the small intestine

Question 33

Enzyme

Answer 33

Protein substance capable of causing rapid chemical changes and other substances without being changed itself

Question 34

Feces

Answer 34

Body waste

Question 35

Flatus

Answer 35

Literally means a blowing (gas)

Question 36

Gastrectomy

Answer 36

Surgical excision of a part of or the whole stomach

Question 37

Gastric

Answer 37

Pertaining to the stomach

Question 38

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd)

Answer 38

conditions that occur when the muscles between the esophagus and the stomach, the lower esophageal shincter is weak or relaxes inappropriately allowing the stomach context back up

Question 39

Gavage

Answer 39

To feed liquid or semiliquid food via a tube

Question 40

Halitosis

Answer 40

Bad breath

Question 41

Hematemesis

Answer 41

Vomiting of blood

Question 42

Hematochezia

Answer 42

Passage of stools that contain red blood

Question 43

Hemorrhoid

Answer 43

Mass of dilated tortuous vein in the anorectum; can be internal or external

Question 44

Hernia

Answer 44

Abnormal protrusion of an organ or a part of an organ through the wall of the body cavity that normally contained

Question 45

Hypermesis

Answer 45

Excessive vomiting

Question 46

Irritable bowel syndrome and

Answer 46

Disorder that interferences with the normal function of the large intestine characterized by a group of symptoms including cramping a domino pain bloating constipation

Question 47

Labial

Answer 47

Pertaining to the lip

Question 48

Laparotomy

Answer 48

Surgical solution into the abdomen

Question 49

Lavage

Answer 49

To wash out a cavity

Question 50

Lingual

Answer 50

Pertaining to the tongue

Question 51

Malabsorption

Answer 51

And in adequate absorption of nutrients from the intestinal track

Question 52

Pancreatitis

Answer 52

Inflammation of the pancreas