Medical Terminology Unit 3 Final

All of the following are inflammations of the intestines EXCEPT

• diverticulitis

• Crohn’s disease.

• colitis

• volvulus

The formation of gallstones is called

• cholelithiasis

• cholecystitis

• cholecystectomy

• cholescystalgia

The surgical removal of all or part of the stomach is called:

• gastrostomy

• gastrectomy

• gastrotomy

• gastroenterotomy

If a patient needed an endoscopy, to which physician would he/she be sent for treatment?

• Gastroenterologist

• Cardiologist

• Endocrinologist

• Oncologist

A new opening from the large bowel to the surface of the body is called:

• jejunostomy

• enterostomy

• colostomy

• duodenotomy

______ means without teeth

• Dentalgia

• Bruxism

• Ankyloglossia

• Edentulus

A yellow discolorization caused by excess bilirubin is called jaundice or

• pyrosis

• volvulus

• icterus

• cheilitis

A muscular wave like movement to transfer food through the digestive cell is called

• mastication

• regurgitation

• emulsification

• peristalsis

A chronic disorder characterized by self induced weight loss, body-image and other perceptual disturbances that result from nutritional depletion is called:

• dyspepsia

• borborygmus

• gastrorrhea

• anorexia

The process of converting glycogen back to glucose is called

• glycogenesis

• glycogenolysis

• glyconeogenesis

• glycolysis