digestive system

Question 1

gast/o

Answer 1

stomach

Question 2

-enter-

Answer 2

intestine

Question 3

-itis-

Answer 3

inflammation

Question 4

dia-

Answer 4

discharge, through

Question 5

-rrhea-

Answer 5

flow, discharge

Question 6

dys-

Answer 6

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

Question 7

-peps-

Answer 7

digestion

Question 8

-ia-

Answer 8

condition

Question 9

phagia-

Answer 9

eating, swallowing

Question 10

halit-

Answer 10

breath

Question 11

-osis-

Answer 11

condition, usually abnormal

Question 12

hepat/o-

Answer 12

liver

Question 13

-megaly-

Answer 13

enlargement

Question 14

chloe-

Answer 14

bile, gall

Question 15

-cyst-

Answer 15

urinary bladder, cyst

Question 16

lith-

Answer 16

stone, calculus

Question 17

-iasis-

Answer 17

abnormal condition

Question 18

cirrh/o-

Answer 18

orange/yellow

Question 19

end/o-

Answer 19

ein, within

Question 20

-scopy-

Answer 20

visual examination

Question 21

mechanical digestion

Answer 21

physically breaking down food into smal=l particles by tearing, cutting, grinding

Question 22

chemical digestion

Answer 22

process where food is broken down into simple nutrients by enzymes

Question 23

alimentary canal

Answer 23

long muscular tube, begins at mouth and ends at anus

Question 24

oral cavity

Answer 24

receives food as it enters body, food is tasted in mouth and physically broken down by teeth, saliva lubricates and partially digests food

Question 25

mastication

Answer 25

physically breaking down food

Question 26

hard palate

Answer 26

at roof of mouth

Question 27

soft palate

Answer 27

separates mouth from nasopharynx

Question 28

uvula

Answer 28

prevents food from entering nasalpharynx

Question 29

3 salivary glands

Answer 29

parotid, sublingual, submandibular

Question 30

bolus

Answer 30

food and saliva

Question 31

esophagus

Answer 31

muscular tube dorsal to trachea, carries bolus from pharynx to stomach

Question 32

peristalsis

Answer 32

rhythmic, wave-like involuntary movement

Question 33

stomach

Answer 33

receives food from esophagus

Question 34

rugue

Answer 34

mucous membrane lining folds

Question 35

cardiac sphincter

Answer 35

located between esophagus and stomach

Question 36

pyloric sphincter

Answer 36

between stomach and small intestine

Question 37

how long does food remain in stomach?

Answer 37

2-4 hours

Question 38

chyme

Answer 38

food converted into semifluid maerial

Question 39

small intestines

Answer 39

about 20 feet long, receives food from stomach in form of chyme, completes digestion and absorbs nutrients

Question 40

3 parts of the small intestine

Answer 40

duodenum, jejunum, ileum

Question 41

villi

Answer 41

fingerlike projections that line wall of small intestines, allow food to be absorbed or taken into bloodstream, contain blood capillaries

Question 42

large intestines

Answer 42

five feet long, absorb water and any remaining nutrients, store in digestive materials, transport waste

Question 43

cecum

Answer 43

contains appendix

Question 44

liver

Answer 44

largest gland in body, located under diaphragm in ruq of abdomen

Question 45

gallbladder

Answer 45

small muscular sac, located under liver, stores and concentrates bile, received from liver

Question 46

pancreas

Answer 46

located behind stomach, produces pancreatic juices to digest food, produces insulin