Digestive

Question 1

-ectasis, -ectasia

Answer 1

dilation or widening

Question 2

-emesis

Answer 2

vomiting

Question 3

-pepsia

Answer 3

digestion

Question 4

-phagia

Answer 4

eating, swallowing

Question 5

-plasty

Answer 5

surgical repair

Question 6

-ptysis

Answer 6

spitting

Question 7

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Answer 7

bursting forth of blood

Question 8

-rrhea

Answer 8

flow, discharge

Question 9

-spasm

Answer 9

involuntary contraction of muscles

Question 10

-stasis

Answer 10

stopping, controlling

Question 11

-stenosis

Answer 11

narrowing, tightening

Question 12

-tresia

Answer 12

opening

Question 13

atresia

Answer 13

absence of a normal opening

Question 14

dysphagia

Answer 14

difficulty swallowing

Question 15

dysplasia

Answer 15

abnormal formation

Question 16

plas/o

Answer 16

formation

Question 17

dysphasia

Answer 17

abnormal speech

Question 18

hemoptysis

Answer 18

spitting up blood from respiratory tract

Question 19

hematemesis

Answer 19

vomiting blood

Question 20

rhinorrhea

Answer 20

mucus from the nose

Question 21

menorrhea

Answer 21

menstrual blood from the uterine lining

Question 22

leukorrhea

Answer 22

white, yellow fluid from vagina

Question 23

What is prescribed if a child swallows (phagia) poison

Answer 23

drugs to induce emesis (vomit)

Question 24

test for the levels of amylase and lipase enzymes in blood

Answer 24

amylase and lipase test

Question 25

test for the presence of enzymes and bilirubin in blood

Answer 25

liver function tests

Question 26

test for microorganism present in feces

Answer 26

stool culture

Question 27

test to detect occult hidden blood in feces

Answer 27

stool guaiac test or hemoccult test

Question 28

substances that x-rays cannot penetrate

Answer 28

contrast medium

Question 29

x-ray images of colon and rectum obtained after injection of barium into rectum

Answer 29

lower gastrointestinal series (barium enema)

Question 30

x-rays images of the esophagus, gastro, and small intestine obtained after administering barium by mouth

Answer 30

upper gastrointestinal series

Question 31

x-ray exam of the biliary system preformed after injection of contrast into bile ducts

Answer 31

cholangiography

Question 32

series of x-ray images are taken in multiple views

Answer 32

computed tomography

Question 33

tomography

Answer 33

produces series of x-rays showing multiple views of organ

Question 34

sound waves beamed into the abdomen produce imagine of abdominal viscera

Answer 34

abdominal ultrasonography

Question 35

use of endoscope combined with ultrasound to examine the organs of the gastrointestinal tract

Answer 35

endoscopic ultrasonography

Question 36

magnetic waves produce images of organs and tissues in all three planes of the body

Answer 36

magnetic resonance imaging MRI

Question 37

radioactive imaging procedure that tracts the production and flow of bile from liver, gallbladder to the intestines

Answer 37

HIDA scan

Question 38

reduces the gastro size and diverts food to the jejunum (gastrojejunostomy)

Answer 38

gastric bypass or bariatric surgery

Question 39

visual examination of the gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope

Answer 39

gastrointestinal endoscopy

Question 40

visual endoscopic exam of abdomen with a laparoscope inserted via small incisions of the abdomen

Answer 40

laparascopy

Question 41

removal of liver tissue for microscopic exam

Answer 41

liver biopsy

Question 42

insertion of tube via nose into stomach

Answer 42

nasogastric intubation

Question 43

abbreviation of nasogastric intubation

Answer 43

NG

Question 44

surgical puncture to remove fluid from abdomen

Answer 44

paracentesis