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Digestive System
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11th Grade
06/26/2023

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Medical language is made up of primarily (but not exclusively) of words taken from which two ancient languages?
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Greek and Latin
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The diagnostic imaging process called magnetic resonance is frequently called MRI.
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Acronym
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Thinking of medical language as sentences to be translated instead of words to be memorized allows one to:
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Break down and understand new words
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In medical terminology, what is a root?
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The foundation or subject of the term
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The root enter/o means:
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Small intestine
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Which root would be used in medical terms pertaining to suffering or disease?
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path/o
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What is the meaning of the prefix poly-?
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Many
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Translate the root xer/o.
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Dry
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Which medical term means against histamine?
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Antihistamine
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Which of the following roots is part of the lower gastrointestinal tract?
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enter/o
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What root refers to the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach?
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esophag/o
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What root refers to the large intestine?
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colon/o
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Translate the root stomat/o.
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Mouth
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Which combination of roots refers to the gallbladder, a small organ located under the liver that stores bile?
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Cholecyst
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Identify and define the root in the term glossoplasty.
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glosso tongue
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Identify and define the root in the term sialolith.
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sialo salvia
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Which medical term means "excessive vomiting"?
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Hyperemesis
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Translate the medical term gastromalacia as literally as possible
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Softening of the stomach
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A person's belly button is in which region of the abdomen?
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Umbilical region
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Which is the correct breakdown of the medical term pancreatoduodenectomy into its component parts
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pancreato/duoden/ectomy
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The muscular wave-like movement to transport food through the digestive system is called
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peristalsis
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Difficulty in swallowing is
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dysphasia
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Gingiv/o means
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gums
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The combining term for the first part of the large intestine is
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cec/o
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The small sac under the liver that stores bile is the
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gallbladder
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Chewing is called
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mastication
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Ridges on the hard palate and wall of the stomach:

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rugae
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The S-shaped portion of the large bowel is the
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sigmoid colon
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The hormone produced by the pancreas is
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insulin
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The digestive juice made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder is called
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bile
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The blind sac hanging from the initial part of the colon
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appendix
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The tube connecting the throat to the stomach and is a common passage for food and air is the:
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esophagus
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A ring of muscles is called
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sphinter
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The study of the cause of disease is called
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etiology
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Icterus, or the yellow coloring of the skin is called
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jaundice
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The term -chezia means
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defecation/elimination of wastes
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The term ptysis means
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splitting
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The term -pathy means
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disease
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The term stasis means
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to stop, control
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The term for appetite is
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orexis
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Enlarged veins in or near the anus that may cause pain and bleeding:
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hemorrhoids
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The semifluid mass of partly digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter and into the small intestine is:
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chyme
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A strong and flexible organ in the mouth that aids in speech and moves food during chewing and swallowing:
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tongue
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GERD stands for
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder
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Which disease of the liver is caused by chronic alcohol abuse?
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Cirrhosis
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The small, round mass of chewed food at the moment of swallowing is called a
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bolus
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When the upper part of your stomach bulges through the large muscle separating your abdomen and chest, it is called a(n)
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hiatal hernia
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Prote/o means first.
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True
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odnt/o means heart.

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False

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-pepsia means digestion.
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True
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