The Digestive System: Roots and Suffixes

Question 1

dent/o, dent/i

Answer 1

tooth, teeth

edentulous: without teeth

Question 2

odont/o

Answer 2

tooth, teeth

periodontics: dental specialty that deals with the study and tx of the tissues around the teeth

Question 3

gingiv,o

Answer 3

gum (gingiva)

gingivectomy: excision of gum tissue

Question 4

gloss/o

Answer 4

tongue

glossoplegia: paralysis of the tongue

Question 5

lingu/o

Answer 5

tongue

orolingual: pertaining to the mouth and tongue

Question 6

gnath/o

Answer 6

jaw

prognathous: having a projecting jaw

Question 7

labi/o

Answer 7

lip

labium: lip or lip-like structure

Question 8

or/o

Answer 8

mouth

circumoral: around the mouth

Question 9

stoma, stomat/o

Answer 9

mouth

xerostomia: dryness to the mouth

Question 10

palat/o

Answer 10

palate

palatine: pertaining to the palate (also palatal)

Question 11

sial/o

Answer 11

saliva, salivary gland, salivary duct

sialogram: radiograph of the salivary glands and ducts

Question 12

uvul/o

Answer 12

uvula

uvulotome: instrument (-tome) for incising the uvula

Question 13

esophag/o

Answer 13

esophagus

esophageal: pertaining to the esophagus

Question 14

gastr/o

Answer 14

stomach

gastroparesis: partial paralysis of the stomach

Question 15

pylor/o

Answer 15

pylorus

pyloroplasty: plastic repair of the pylorus

Question 16

enter/o

Answer 16

intestine

dysentery: infections disease of the intestine

Question 17

duoden/o

Answer 17

duodenum

duodenostomy: surgical creation of an opening into the duodenum

Question 18

jejun/o

Answer 18

jejunum

jejunectomy: excision of the jejunum

Question 19

ile/o

Answer 19

ileum

ileitis: inflammation of the ileum

Question 20

cec/o

Answer 20

cecum

cecoptosis: downward displacement of the cecum

Question 21

col/o, colon/o

Answer 21

colon

coloclysis: irrigation (-clysis) of the colon

Question 22

sigmoid/o

Answer 22

sigmoid colon

sigmoidoscope: an endoscope for examining the sigmoid colon

Question 23

rect/o

Answer 23

rectum

rectocele: hernia of the rectum

Question 24

proct/o

Answer 24

rectum

proctopexy: surgical fixation of the rectum

Question 25

an/o

Answer 25

anus perianal: around the anus

Question 26

hepat/o

Answer 26

liver hepatocyte: a liver cell

Question 27

bili

Answer 27

bile biliary: pertaining to the bile or bile ducts

Question 28

chol/e, chol/o

Answer 28

bile, gall cholestasis: stoppage of bile flow

Question 29

cholecyst/o

Answer 29

gallbladder cholecystogram: radiograph of the gallbladder

Question 30

cholangi/o

Answer 30

bile duct cholangioma: cancer of the bile ducts

Question 31

choledoch/o

Answer 31

common bile duct choledochal: pertaining to the common bile duct

Question 32

pancreat/o

Answer 32

pancreas pancreatotropic: acting on the pancreas

Question 33

bucc/o

Answer 33

cheek buccoversion: turning toward the cheek