Medical Terminology Volume 6 Digestive System Exam

Medical Terminology Volume 6 Digestive System Exam What is the term for when sound waves are used to image abdominal organs - CORRECT ANSWER-abdominal ultrasonography (ultrasound or sonography) cholangiography What is the term for a surgical repair of the abdomen - CORRECT ANSWERabdominoplasty What are three enzymes which can be measured to evaluate liver function - CORRECT ANSWER-ALT, AST (alkaline transaminase) and ALP (or alk phos or alkaline phosphatase) What is the term for ulcers and inflammation of the mouth - CORRECT ANSWERaphthous stomatitis What is the term for "no opening" - CORRECT ANSWER-atresia What is a contrast medium that is inserted into the rectum - CORRECT ANSWER-BE (barium enema) What is the term for no opening of the bile ducts (into the duodenum) - CORRECT ANSWER-biliary atresia What is the term for a surgical repair of the eyelid - CORRECT ANSWERblepharoplasty What is the abbreviation for bowel movement - CORRECT ANSWER-BM What is the term for dilation of a tube leading into the lung - CORRECT ANSWERbronchiectasis What is sudden, involuntary contraction of bronchial tubes (as during an asthmatic attack) - CORRECT ANSWER-bronchospasm What does the abbreviation BRBPR stand for - CORRECT ANSWER-bright red blood per rectum What is the combining form for the word "cheek" - CORRECT ANSWER-bucc/o What is the term for "pertaining to the cheek" - CORRECT ANSWER-buccal What is an immune reaction to eating gluten (wheat) - CORRECT ANSWER-CD (celiac disease) What is the combining form for the word "cecum" - CORRECT ANSWER-cec/o What is the term for twisting of the first portion of the large intestine - CORRECT ANSWER-cecal volvulus What is the term for a new opening of the first part of the colon to the outside of the body - CORRECT ANSWER-cecostomy What is the combining form for the word "belly, abdomen" - CORRECT ANSWER-celi/o What is an autoimmune condition in which villi in the small intestine are damaged - CORRECT ANSWER-celiac disease What is the combining form for the word "lip" - CORRECT ANSWER-cheil/o What is an abnormal condition of the lip - CORRECT ANSWER-cheilosis What is the term for a surgical repair of the lip and mouth - CORRECT ANSWERcheilostomatoplasty What is the term for a dilation of bile vessel - CORRECT ANSWER-cholangiectasis What is the term for a malignant tumor of bile vessel - CORRECT ANSWERcholangiocarcinoma What is the term for inflammation of bile vessels - CORRECT ANSWER-cholangitis What is the combining form for the word "gallbladder" - CORRECT ANSWERcholecyst/o What is the term for removal of the gallbladder - CORRECT ANSWER-cholecystectomy What is a new opening between the gallbladder and the jejunum; procedure involving anastomosis - CORRECT ANSWER-cholecystojejunostomy What is the term for an abnormal condition of stones in the gallbladder - CORRECT ANSWER-cholecystolithiasis What is the combining form for the word "common bile duct" - CORRECT ANSWERcholedoch/o What is the term for "pertaining to the common bile duct" - CORRECT ANSWERcholedochal What is the term for a dilation of the common bile duct - CORRECT ANSWERcholedochectasia What is the term for having gallstones - CORRECT ANSWER-cholelithiasis What is the term for a stoppage of the flow of bile - CORRECT ANSWER-cholestasis What is the combining form for the word "colon" - CORRECT ANSWER-col/o What is the term for removal of the large bowel - CORRECT ANSWER-colectomy What is combining form for the word "colon" - CORRECT ANSWER-colon/o What is the term for visual examination of the colon - CORRECT ANSWERcolonoscopy What is a series of x-ray images that are taken in multiple views (Especially cross sections) - CORRECT ANSWER-computed tomography (CT) What is the term for a food tube is not connected to the stomach from birth - CORRECT ANSWER-congenital esophageal atresia What is a series of x-ray images taken in multiple views - CORRECT ANSWER-CT (computed tomography) What is the term for transverse x-ray pictures of abdominal organs - CORRECT ANSWER-CT of the abdomen What is combining form for the word "tooth" - CORRECT ANSWER-dent/i What is the term for pain in a tooth - CORRECT ANSWER-dentalgia What is the term for loose, watery discharge of feces - CORRECT ANSWER-diarrhea What is combining form for the word "duodenum" - CORRECT ANSWER-duoden/o What is the term for "pertaining to the first portion of the small intestine" - CORRECT ANSWER-duodenal What is the term for painful menstruation - CORRECT ANSWER-dysmenorrhea What is the term for difficult digestion - CORRECT ANSWER-dyspepsia What is the term for difficult swallowing - CORRECT ANSWER-dysphagia What is the suffix for "stretching, dilation, widening" - CORRECT ANSWER--ectasis, - ectasia What is the term for a flexible tube that travels through the esophagus - CORRECT ANSWER-EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy) What is the suffix for vomiting - CORRECT ANSWER--emesis What is the term for a procedure where a contrast material is injected through an endoscope and x-rays are taken of the pancreas and bile ducts - CORRECT ANSWEREndoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) What is the term for the use of an endoscope combined with ultrasound to examine organs of the gastrointestinal tract - CORRECT ANSWER-endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) What is the combining form for the word "intestines, usually small intestine" - CORRECT ANSWER-enter/o What is the combining form for the word "esophagus" - CORRECT ANSWEResophag/o What is the term for a lack of opening of esophagus to the stomach at birth - CORRECT ANSWER-esophageal atresia What does FOBT stand for - CORRECT ANSWER-fecal occult blood test What is FOBT - CORRECT ANSWER-Test for blood in the stool to screen for polyps or colon cancer What is used to introduce nutrients into the stomach after insertion through the abdominal walls with laparoscopic instruments - CORRECT ANSWER-G tube (gastrostomy tube) What is the combining form for the word "stomach" - CORRECT ANSWER-gastr/o What is the term for reducing the size of the stomach and diverting food to the jejunum - CORRECT ANSWER-gastric bypass or bariatric surgery What is the term for a new surgical connection between the stomach and the first part of the small intestine - CORRECT ANSWER-gastroduodenal anastomosis What is the term for inflammation of the stomach and intestines - CORRECT ANSWERgastroenteritis What is the term for visual examination of the gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope - CORRECT ANSWER-gastrointestinal endoscopy What is the term for a new opening between the stomach and the jejunum - CORRECT ANSWER-gastrojejunostomy What is the term for discharge of blood from the stomach - CORRECT ANSWERgastrorrhagia What is the most common test to detect a stomach ulcer - CORRECT ANSWERGastroscopy What is the term for a new opening of the stomach to the outside of the body - CORRECT ANSWER-gastrostomy What is the abbreviation for gallbladder - CORRECT ANSWER-GB What the term for the condition were solids and fluids return to the mouth from the stomach - CORRECT ANSWER-GERD (gastroesophadeal reflux disease) What is the abbreviation for gastrointestinal - CORRECT ANSWER-GI What is combining form for the word "gums" - CORRECT ANSWER-gingiv/o What is the term for removal of gum tissue; periodontal procedure - CORRECT ANSWER-gingivectomy What is the term for periodontal disease - CORRECT ANSWER-gingivitis What is combining form for the word "tongue" - CORRECT ANSWER-gloss/o What is the term for removal of the tongue - CORRECT ANSWER-glossectomy What is the term for "pertaining to the tongue and throat" - CORRECT ANSWERglossopharyngeal What is combining form for the word "sugar" - CORRECT ANSWER-gluc/o What is the term for formation of new glucose (by liver cells) - CORRECT ANSWERgluconeogenesis What is combining form for the word "sugar" - CORRECT ANSWER-glyc/o What is storage form of sugar - CORRECT ANSWER-glycogen What is the abbreviation for hepatitis B virus - CORRECT ANSWER-HBV