Module 9 - Digestive Tract

Question 1

adamant-
adamantin-
amel-

Answer 1

enamel

Question 2

alve-

alveol-

Answer 2

tooth socket; socket; cavity

Question 3

append-

appendic-

Answer 3

appendix

Question 4

cholang-

Answer 4

bile duct

Question 5

cholecyst-

Answer 5

bile bladder; gall bladder

Question 6

col-

colon-

Answer 6

colon; large intestine

Question 7

duoden-

Answer 7

duodenum; the first part of the small intestine

Question 8

enter-

Answer 8

intestines

Question 9

epipl-

oment-

Answer 9

omentum; fatty membrane lining the abdominal cavity

Question 10

esophag-

oesophag-

Answer 10

esophagus

Question 11

gastr-

stomach-

Answer 11

stomach

Question 12

gingiv-

Answer 12

gums

Question 13

gloss-

lingu-

Answer 13

tongue; language

Question 14

hepat-

Answer 14

liver

Question 15

hepatic-

Answer 15

hepatic duct

Question 16

ile-

Answer 16

ileum

Question 17

jejun-

Answer 17

jejunum

Question 18

odont-

dent-

Answer 18

tooth; teeth

Question 19

pancreat-

Answer 19

pancreas

Question 20

pancreatic-

Answer 20

pancreatic duct

Question 21

peritone-

Answer 21

peritoneum; serous membrane lining the abdominal

cavity

Question 22

proct-

rect-

Answer 22

rectum; anus; rectum and anus

Question 23

ptyal-

sial-

Answer 23

saliva; salivary gland

Question 24

pylor-

Answer 24

pylorus; lower portion of the stomach

Question 25

sphincter-

Answer 25

sphincter; circular muscle [which closes an orifice]

Question 26

splanchn-

viscer-

Answer 26

viscera; the internal organs [collectively]

Question 27

choledoch-

Answer 27

common bile duct

Question 28

staphyl-

uvul-

Answer 28

uvula

Question 29

stom-
stomat-
or-

Answer 29

mouth

Question 30

typhl-
caec-
cec-

Answer 30

cecum (caecum); first part of the large intestine

Question 31

ul-

Answer 31

gums; scar

Question 32

uran-
uranisc-
palat-

Answer 32

palate

Question 33

acr-

Answer 33

extremities [of the body]; height; tip(s)

Question 34

ather-

Answer 34

yellowish plaque

Question 35

bromat-

sit-

Answer 35

food

Question 36

febr-

Answer 36

fever

[followed by the connecting vowel “i”]

Question 37

phag-

Answer 37

the eating (or, chewing; biting; swallowing; devouring) (of a substance)

Question 38

troph-

nutri-

Answer 38

nutrition [Note: troph- may also mean “growth” in certain nutrit- contexts]

Question 39

anomal-

Answer 39

irregular

Question 40

heter-

Answer 40

different; other

Question 41

hom-*
homoi-
home-

Answer 41

same; unchanging [See Mod. 4, hom-]

Question 42

anter-

Answer 42

before; front; in front

Question 43

dextr-

Answer 43

right [as opposed to left];

clockwise

Question 44

dors-

Answer 44

back [as opposed to front]

Question 45

extern-

Answer 45

outside

Question 46

infer-

Answer 46

below

Question 47

intern-

Answer 47

inside

Question 48

lev-

Answer 48

left; counter-clockwise

Question 49

poster-

Answer 49

behind

Question 50

retr-

Answer 50

behind; backward

Question 51

sinistr-

Answer 51

left

Question 52

super-*

Answer 52

above
[See Mod. 3, super-, and note that this term is not a
prefix when it is followed by a connecting vowel]

Question 53

tel-

tele-

Answer 53

end; goal [nouns]

distant; at a distance [adjectives]

Question 54

ventr-*

Answer 54

front

[See Mod. 2, ventr-]

Question 55

-pepsia

Answer 55

digestion

Question 56

• clasis

- clasia

Answer 56

(the act/process of) breaking (something) up

Question 57

-clysis

Answer 57

irrigation

Question 58

-plasia

Answer 58

proliferation; growth; development

[in reference to tissue or cells]

Question 59

-phage

Answer 59

something that eats (or, devours)

Question 60

• phagia

- phagy

Answer 60

the eating (or, chewing; biting; swallowing; devouring) 
(of a substance)

Question 61

-schisis

Answer 61

a splitting

Question 62

• tripsy

- tripsis

Answer 62

a crushing (or, rubbing) (of a substance); friction

Question 63

-trophy

Answer 63

nutrition; growth