Digestive System Terminology

Phagia means _____?

• rectum or anus

• eating or ingesting

• difficult or painful swallowing

• feeling a need to vomit

Gastritis means ____?

• difficult or painful swallowing

• inflammation of the intestines

• inflammation of the stomach

• indigestion

Antiemetic means ____?

• surgically created opening into the stomach

• excessive severe vomiting

• inflammation of the stomach and intestines

• a type of medicine to treat vomiting

Dysphagia means _____?

• difficult or painful swallowing

• inflammation of the stomach

• inflammation of the intestines

• indigestion

Cholecyst means ____?

• inflammation of the gall bladder

• gall bladder

• indigestion

• bloody vomit

Pharyng means ____?

• Pancreas

• under the tongue

• esophagus

• pharynx/throat

Sublingual means_____?

• under the tongue

• tongue

• presence of gall stones

• under the skin

The root word or means ____?

• tongue

• mouth

• liver

• bile

Jaundice is ______?

• hormone secreted by the pancreas that lowers blood sugar

• yellowish discolorization of skin caused by excess bilirubin

• a type of medication that treats vomiting

• inflammation of the stomach

The root word rect means ____?

• large intestine

• rectum or anus

• eating or ingesting