Unit 3 - Digestive System Exercises 2 Flashcards
Lipoma is a collection or swelling of
fat
Introduction of an instrument through the abdominal wall to visualise the organs of the abdominal cavity is a
laparoscopy
Enlargement of the spleen is
splenomegaly
Cholangioenterostomy describes a procedure that
surgically created an opening the bile ducts and the intestine
Pertaining to the liver is
hepatic
Coeliac means
pertaining to the abdomen
The medical term for incision into the bile duct is
choledochotomy
Inflammation of the salivary gland is
sialadenitis
Difficulty swallowing or eating is
dysphagia
An enzyme containing starch is
amylase
Procedure for stones in common bile duct
choledocholithotomy
Procedure for cleft palate
palatoplasty
Procedure for rectal cancer
abdominoperineal resection
Procedure for gastric cancer
oesophagojejunostomy
Procedure for pyloric stenosis
pyloromyotomy