Digestive System Vocabulary

Question 1

Mouth : or/o, stomat/o

Answer 1

begins preparation of food for digestion

Question 2

Pharynx : phayrng/o

Answer 2

transports food from the mouth to the esophagus

Question 3

Esophagus : esophag/o

Answer 3

transports food from the pharynx to the stomach

Question 4

Stomach : gastr/o

Answer 4

breaks down food and mixes it with gastric juices

Question 5

Small Intestine : enter/o

Answer 5

mixes chyme coming from the stomach with digestive juices to complete the digestion and absorption of most nutrients

Question 6

Large Intestine : col/o, colon/o

Answer 6

Absorbs excess water, and prepares solid waste for elimination

Question 7

Rectum & Anus : an/o, proct/o, rect/o

Answer 7

control the excretion of solid waste

Question 8

Liver : hepat/o

Answer 8

secretes bile and enzymes, to aid in the digestion of fats

Question 9

Gallbladder : cholecyst/o

Answer 9

stores bile, and releases it into the small intestine as needed

Question 10

Pancreas : pancreat/o

Answer 10

secretes digestive juices and enzymes into the small intestine as needed

Question 11

an/o

Answer 11

anus, ring

Question 12

chol/e

Answer 12

bile, gall

Question 13

cholecyst/o

Answer 13

gallbladder

Question 14

col/o, colon/o

Answer 14

colon, large intestine

Question 15

-emesis

Answer 15

vomiting

Question 16

enter/o

Answer 16

small intestine

Question 17

esophag/o

Answer 17

esophagus

Question 18

gastr/o

Answer 18

stomach, belly

Question 19

hepat/o

Answer 19

liver

Question 20

-lithiasis

Answer 20

presence of stones

Question 21

-pepsia

Answer 21

digest, digestion

Question 22

-phagia

Answer 22

eating, swallowing

Question 23

proct/o

Answer 23

anus & rectum

Question 24

rect/o

Answer 24

rectum, straight

Question 25

sigmoid/o

Answer 25

sigmoid colon