Exam 3: Gastroenterology /Gastrointestinal System

The medical word emesis means ________.

All of the following are names for a cancerous tumor of the liver EXCEPT ________.

After chyme leaves the stomach,it enters the ________.

A patient who suffers from ________ has inflammation of the esophagus.

The medical word for throat is ________.

The combining forms or/o- and orex/o- both mean "mouth."

The combining form lingu/o- means ________.

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

A patient who had a surgical removal of the stomach had a ________.

Which of the following is TRUE of the gallbladder?

All of the bile ducts are collectively known as the ________ tree.

Digestive enzymes from the gallbladder and pancreas go through ducts and then enter the ________.

The combining form digest/o- means ________.

Gas produced by bacteria in the large intestine is called ________.

A stool guaiac test is also known as a fecal ________ blood test.

The patient had surgery to remove the appendix.The medical word for this procedure is ________.

There are three pairs of salivary glands: the parotid glands,sublingual glands,and the ________ glands.

The combining form gustat/o- means ________.

A patient with a sialolith has a stone in the gallbladder.

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