MED TERM - CHAPTER 11 EXAM

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The organ located behind the stomach that helps digest all types of food and secretes insulin for carbohydrate metabolism is the

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pancreas

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The surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from the abdominal cavity is called

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abdominocentesis.

Front

The combining form cheil/o is defined as

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lip.

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Inflammation of the intestines is called

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enteritis.

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The term that means pertaining to the ileum and the cecum is

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ileocecal.

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A condition of stones in the common bile duct is called

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choledocholithiasis.

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Inflammation of the tongue is called ________

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glossitis.

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Expelling matter from the stomach through the mouth is called

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emesis.

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The suffix -pepsia means

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digestion.

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A connection created by surgically joining two structures is called

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anastomosis.