Exam 3: Gastroenterology /Gastrointestinal System

The combining form cholecyst/o- means ________.

What is the medical word for indigestion?

The combining form chez/o- means "pass feces."

Peristalsis occurs in all of the following gastrointestinal structures EXCEPT the ________.

During a polypectomy,the polyp may be removed from the colon using forceps or a snare.

Which of the following is a small,fleshy,benign or precancerous growth in the mucosa of the colon?

A patient who has appendicitis has ________.

The combining form hepat/o- means "________."

A patient with a sialolith has ________.

What word parts do you need to build a medical word that means "disease of the intestine"?

If the liver is too diseased to conjugate bilirubin,the skin will show a yellow color,which is known by the medical name of ________.

Swollen,protruding veins in the esophagus are known as ________.

The teeth tear,chew,and grind the food,a process known as ________.

A patient scheduled to have an EGD is going to have a procedure involving ________.

Receptors on the tongue perceive taste and send this information to the ________ cortex in the brain.

Which type of hepatitis is also known as serum hepatitis?

The suffix -lith,as in the word sialolith,means "________."

The procedure abbreviated as EGD would include viewing which of the following?

When a doctor orders LFTs,he or she is assessing the function of the ________.

The combining form that means "duodenum" is ________.