Vocab List 8

Question 0

Colostomy

Answer 0

Surgical opening of colon through abdominal so feces of diverted through a stoma into a pouch

Question 1

Jaundice

Answer 1

Yellow appearance resulting from bile pigment stored in skin and sclera of eye

Question 2

Peritoneum

Answer 2

Membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers abdominal organs

Question 3

Lithotripsy

Answer 3

Cherishing of a stone in the renal pelvis, bladder or ureter by mechanical force or sound waves

Question 4

Dialysis

Answer 4

Separating particles from a fluid by filtration through a semi-permeable membrane

Question 5

Feces

Answer 5

Excrement discharged from the intestines

Question 6

Incontinence

Answer 6

Inability to prevent discharge of any excrements, especially urine or feces

Question 7

Resection

Answer 7

To excisé (cut off) a segment of a body part

Question 8

Emesis

Answer 8

Vomiting

Question 9

Nausea

Answer 9

Feeling of discomfit in the stomach area with the tendency to vomit

Question 10

Peristalsis

Answer 10

Rhythmic wavelike motion of the involuntary muscles

Question 11

Villi

Answer 11

Tiny projections from the surface of the small intestine that aid on the absorption of nutrients

Question 12

Hepatitis

Answer 12

Inflammation of the liver

Question 13

Eviscerate

Answer 13

To disembowel

Question 14

Cirrhosis

Answer 14

Chronic destruction of the liver cells with the formation of fibrous connective and scar tissue; causes include hepatitis and malnutrition resulting from alcoholism

Question 15

Ulcer

Answer 15

An open sore on the lining of the digestive track

Question 16

Goiter

Answer 16

Enlargement of the thyroid glad

Question 17

Giantism

Answer 17

Caused by oversecretion of somatotropin before puberty; causes excessive growth of long bones, extreme tallness

Question 18

Anorexia

Answer 18

Loss of appetite

Question 19

Benign

Answer 19

Not malignant or cancerous