Med Term CH 4,5,6

Question 1

Cata-

Answer 1

Down

Question 2

-gen

Answer 2

Build

Question 3

-lapse

Answer 3

Sliding or falling foreword

Question 4

-plasm

Answer 4

Structure/formation

Question 5

-plasia

Answer 5

Development, formation, growth

Question 6

Sialaden/o

Answer 6

Salivary gland

Question 7

Pharyng/o

Answer 7

Throat

Question 8

-cele

Answer 8

Hernia

Question 9

-Plasty

Answer 9

Surgical repair

Question 10

-prandial

Answer 10

Meal

Question 11

-scopy

Answer 11

Visual examination of

Question 12

Enter/o

Answer 12

Small intestine

Question 13

Coledoch/O

Answer 13

Common bile duct

Question 14

Plat/o

Answer 14

Roof of the mouth

Question 15

Gingiv/o

Answer 15

Gums

Question 16

Mesentery

Answer 16

Fan like membrane connecting the small intestine to the abdominal wall

Question 17

Borborygmi

Answer 17

Rumbling or gurgling noises produced by the movement of gas, fluid, or both in the gastrointestinal tract

Question 18

Dysphagia

Answer 18

Difficulty swallowing

Question 19

Eructation

Answer 19

Gas expelled from the stomach into the mouth

Question 20

Flatus

Answer 20

Gas expelled through the anus

Question 21

Hematochezia

Answer 21

Passage of fresh, bright red blood from the rectum

Question 22

Melena

Answer 22

Black, tarry stools; feces containing digested blood

Question 23

Steatorrhea

Answer 23

Fat in the feces

Question 24

Dysentery

Answer 24

Painful, inflamed intestines caused by bacterial infection

Question 25

Ileus

Answer 25

Loss of peristalsis

Question 26

Intussusception

Answer 26

Telescoping of the intestines

Question 27

Cholecystolithiasis

Answer 27

Gall stones

Question 28

Cirrhosis

Answer 28

Chronic degenerative liver disease

Question 29

Aphthous stomatitis

Answer 29

Canker sores in the mouth

Question 30

Stasis

Answer 30

Stopping, controlling

Question 31

-rrhaphy

Answer 31

Suture

Question 32

-ectasis

Answer 32

Dialation

Question 33

-rrhage

Answer 33

Bursting forth of blood

Question 34

-phagia

Answer 34

Eating, swallowing

Question 35

-tresia

Answer 35

Opening

Question 36

Chole-

Answer 36

Bile

Question 37

ALT/AST

Answer 37

Alanine transaminase, aspartate transminase

Enzymes measured in blood to evaluate liver function

Question 38

CT

Answer 38

Computed tomography

Question 39

NPO

Answer 39

Nil per os