Exam 9: Digestive System

Gastroscopy is:

A 33-year-old man is vomiting following surgery. The nurse administers which type of medication to help stop the vomiting?

Which of these terms mean pain in the stomach?

Bile is produced by the liver and allows what to occur in the small intestine?

A 29-year-old woman who recently gave birth complains to her physician that she has pain, itching, and bleeding near her rectum. The physician's exam reveals masses of veins in the anal canal that are unnaturally distended and lie just inside or outside the rectum. Which procedure will this patient undergo to remove these masses?

A disorder that is characterized by episodes of binge eating and often terminates in self-induced vomiting is called:

_____ is defined as inflammation of the liver.

A person undergoing a procedure called sialography is having which of the following examined?

_____ means pertaining to the small intestine.

Which of the following terms means a physician specializing in diseases of the anus, rectum, and colon?

While working with a patient, you notice that she passes gas and appears bloated. Which term best describes this?

Which of the following is a procedure that is performed to decrease the amount of gastric juices by severing the nerves that control their release?

Anorexia means :

Excision of the vermiform appendix is a(n) _____.

A 54-year-old women underwent an x-ray examination of the bile ducts using a contrast agent. This test is called:

The state of wasting of the body is referred to as _____.

Sialography is:

An oral surgeon removes part of the bone of the lower jaw to correct an underbite (lower incisors pass in front of the upper incisors when the mouth is closed). Which term means pertaining to the bone of the lower jaw?

A patient visits a dentist's office for a routine examination. She is told she has inflammation of her gums. The term for this condition is:

Alimentation is: