WorksheetsMedical Terminology Chapter 5 List 2
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
absorption
passage of materials through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream
meal
occurs in the colon
a form of heart disease
appendix
blind pouch hanging from the cecum (in the right lower quadrant). It literally means hanging on to.
terminal end or opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body
enzyme secreted by the pancreas to digest starch
mall building blocks of protein (like links in a chain), released when proteins are digested
canine teeth
digestive juice made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder. It breaks up (emulsifies) large fat globules; composed of pigments, cholesterol, and salts
blind pouch hanging from the cecum (in the right lower quadrant). It literally means hanging on to.
pointed, dog-like teeth next to the incisors; also called cuspids or eyeteeth
a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal's mouth
defecation
elimination of feces from the digestive tract through the anus
Carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum. Also call the choledochus.
large intestine, consisting of the cecum; the ascending, transverse, and descending segments of the colon; and the rectum.
first part of the large intestine
infra
beneath, under
around
above
outside
macro
between
two
small
large
neo
old
bad
new
small
pan
new
used
all
small
poly
many
under
over
two
