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Chapter 8 Digestive

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A person with ____ should avoid eating foods that contain gluten.
a)
cholecystitis
b)
celiac disease
c)
cirrhosis
d)
pancreatitis
2.
A colonoscopy, a laparoscopy, and a sigmoidoscopy are all a type of ____.
a)
endoscopy
b)
proctoscopy
c)
fluroscopy
d)
esophagogastroduodenoscopy
3.
What section of the small intestine receives food from the stomach, bile from the liver and gallbladder and pancreatic juices from the pancreas?
a)
cecum
b)
jejunum
c)
duodenum
d)
small intestine
4.
Where is bile produced
a)
gallbladder
b)
small intestine
c)
duodenum
d)
liver
5.
Inflammation of the abdominal cavity caused by bacterial infection is known as 
a)
peritonitis
b)
cholecystitis
c)
hepatitis
d)
pancreatitis
6.
Which disease is primarily a psychiatric condition but the gorging with food and purging affects the digestive system?
a)
anorexia nervosa
b)
bulimia nervosa
c)
GERD
d)
borborgymus
7.
What medical term describes the discharge of bright red blood from the anus?
a)
hepatemesis
b)
heptachezia
c)
hemopoeisis
d)
hematochezia
8.
What enzyme do the salivary glands secrete that aids in the chemical breakdown of starches?
a)
amylase
b)
lipase
c)
protease
d)
insulin
9.
A is what?
a)
jejunum
b)
transverse colon
c)
rectum
d)
decending colon
10.
What is I pointing to?
a)
Stomach
b)
jejunum
c)
duodenum
d)
descending colon
11.
What is F pointing to?
a)
ileum
b)
duodenum
c)
jejunum
d)
sigmoid
12.
cholecyst/o
a)
painful or difficult
b)
gallbladder
c)
after, behind
d)
beyond or excess
13.
gluc/o
a)
gums
b)
sugar
c)
fluid sac, bladder, cyst
d)
abdomen
14.
labi/o
a)
lip
b)
orange/yellow
c)
tongue
d)
groin
15.
inguin/o
a)
groin
b)
tongue
c)
stone/ calculus
d)
lip
16.
lith/o
a)
stone, calculus
b)
tongue
c)
lip
d)
orange/yellow
17.
cirrh/o
a)
stone
b)
orange/yellow
c)
tongue
d)
groin
18.
lapar/o
a)
sugar, glucose
b)
intestines (usually small intestines)
c)
fluid sac, bladder, sac
d)
abdominal wall, abdomen
19.
gingiv/o
a)
abdominal wall, abdomen
b)
sugar, glucose
c)
gums
d)
fluid filled sac, bladder
20.
ultra
a)
after, behind
b)
beyond or excess
c)
painful or difficult
d)
gallbladder
21.
emesis
a)
digestion
b)
crushing
c)
contraction
d)
vomiting
22.
the ring-like muscle at the end of the esophagus
a)
pulp
b)
pyloric sphincter
c)
cardiac sphincter
d)
pylorus
23.
blood vessels and nerve tissue within the teeth
a)
pylorus
b)
cavity
c)
digestion
d)
pulp
24.
a thick ring of muscular tissue that controls the flow of material from the stomach to the small intestine
a)
pyloric sphincter
b)
cardiac sphinter
c)
pylorus
d)
peristalsis
25.
in digestion, the process by which nutrients are drawn into the bloodstream
a)
elimination
b)
absorption
c)
mastication
d)
peristalsis
26.
the process of removing waste from the body
a)
digestion
b)
elimination
c)
peristalsis
d)
mastication 
27.
the process of chewing is elimination
a)
true
b)
false
28.
the organ responsible for converting glycogen into glucose is the liver
a)
true
b)
false
29.
folds in the mucosal lining of the stomach is chyme
a)
true
b)
false
30.
the process of swallowing is deglutination
a)
true
b)
false
31.
the soft tissue that surrounds and supports the teeth is pulp
a)
true
b)
false
32.
Which organ produces insulin?
a)
liver
b)
gallbladder
c)
pancreas
d)
spleen
33.
A person with ____ should avoid eating foods that contain gluten.
a)
celiac disease
b)
diabetes
c)
cirrhosis
d)
pancreatitis
34.
Which suffix indicates the surgical repair of tissue?
a)
stomy
b)
ectomy
c)
plasty
d)
megaly
35.
Which of the organs listed is not part of the alimentary canal?
a)
colon, ileum, cecum
b)
jejunum, sigmoid colon, duodenum
c)
esophagus, oral cavity, pharynx
d)
liver, pancreas, gallbladder