Digestive System

Question 0

Palatoplasty

Answer 0

Surgical repair of the roof of the mouth. Clef palate

Question 1

Mouth

Answer 1

Or/o and stomat/o

Question 2

Tongue

Answer 2

Gloss/o and lingu/o

Question 3

Pharynx

Answer 3

Throat, the common passageway for the food from the mouth and for air from the nose.

Question 4

Cholecystolithiasis

Answer 4

Cacli in the sac that stores bile.

Question 5

Esophagus

Answer 5

Tube connecting the throat to the stomach.

Question 6

Ileus

Answer 6

Failure of peristalsis

Question 7

Ulcerative Colitis

Answer 7

Chronic inflammation of large bile (or colon) with ulcer

Question 8

Cirrhosis

Answer 8

Chronic degenerative disease of the liver.

Chronic liver disease resulting from alcoholism

Question 10

Diverticula

Answer 10

Abnormal side pockets in the intestinal wall of the colon.

Question 11

Hepatitis

Answer 11

Inflammation of the liver. Caused by type a, b, c virus

Question 12

Gallbladder

Answer 12

Small sac under the liver; stores bile.

Question 13

Dysentery

Answer 13

Painful, inflamed intestines commonly caused by bacterial infection.

Question 14

Peptic Ulcer

Answer 14

Open sore in the lining of the stomach or duodenum.

Question 15

Pancreatitis

Answer 15

Inflammation of the pancreas.

Question 16

Entercolitis

Answer 16

Inflammation of the small and large intestines.

Question 18

Duodenum

Answer 18

First part of the small intestine (measures 12 in long).

Question 19

Pancreas

Answer 19

Organ under the stomach; produces insulin and enzymes.

Question 20

Hyperbilirubinemia

Answer 20

High levels of bilirubin in the blood. Yellowing of the skin

Question 21

Colon

Answer 21

Portion of the large intestine consisting of the ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid segments.

Question 22

Ileum

Answer 22

Third part of the small intestine.

Question 23

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Answer 23

Group of gastrointestinal symptoms but without abnormalities in the intestines. (abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, constipation)

Question 23

Cecum

Answer 23

First part of the large intestine.

Question 24

Hemorrhoids

Answer 24

Swollen, twisted, varicose veins in the rectal region.

Question 24

Hematochezia

Answer 24

Passage of fresh, bright red blood from the rectum/ stool