Exam 3: Gastroenterology /Gastrointestinal System

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

A patient with glossitis has inflammation of the ________.

An upper gastrointestinal series is also known as a barium enema.

All of the following are TRUE about endoscopy EXCEPT ________.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Coordinated contractions that move food through the gastrointestinal tract are called ________.

The large intestine consists of the cecum,colon,rectum,and ________.

The infected appendix can rupture (burst),spilling infection into the abdominopelvic cavity and causing ________.

A patient scheduled to have a gastroplasty is having a ________.

To determine if a polyp or mass in the colon is cancerous,the physician would do a ________.

The ________ is a teardrop-shaped,dark green sac posterior to the liver.

The primary accented syllable in the word esophageal (eh-saw-fah-jee-al)is SAW.

A patient suffering from cholangitis will need treatment for his/her ________.

There are two parts to digestion ________.

Which abbreviation is a test for worms in the stool?

The combining form lapar/o- means "liver."

Both gloss/o- and lingu/o- mean "mouth."

When you build a drug word that means "pertaining to (being)against vomiting," you would use all of the following word parts EXCEPT ________.

The combining form appendic/o- means ________.

The LES is located between the ________.