WorksheetsDigestive System Med Terms
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Hepat/o is the root word meaning
Heart
Liver
Kidneys
Gallbladder
What is the root word that means large intestine?
Enter/o
Rect/o
Gastr/o
col/o
What transports food from the mouth to the esophagus?
Gastr/o
Esophag/o
Pharyng/o
or/o
What is the root word for the control of excretion of solid waste?
An/o
Enter/o
pancreat/o
Cholecyst/o
Where does the beginning preparation of food for digestion begin?
Hepat/o
Rect/o
Stomat/o
Cholecyst/o
What root word means the transportation of food from the pharynx to the stomach?
Gastr/o
Colon/o
Proct/o
Esophag/o
What is the root word for the organ that is up to 20 feet long?
Gastr/o
Colon/o
Enter/o
Hepat/o
What is the root word for the organ that stores bile?
Pancreat/o
Gastr/o
Colon/o
Cholecyst/o
What is the root word for the organ that secrets digestive juices and enzymes?
Pancreat/o
Cholecyst/o
Gastr/o
Proct/o
What root word refers to the break down of food and mixes with gastric juices?
Hepat/o
Cholecyst/o
Gastr/o
Rect/o
What diagnostic procedure is used to have a visual examination of the large intestine?
Cholangiography
Colonoscopy
Enema
Stool sample
I explained the large intestine has 5 parts, what are they?
Sigmoid Colon and Rectum/Anus
Transverse Colon
Descending Colon
Ascending Colon
What other importance does the pancreas serve?
Excretes hormones
Gastric juices production
Excretes bile
Insulin production
What finger-like appendage is connected to the large intestine?
Gallbladder
Adrenal gland
Appendix
Spleen
What is the title of the doctor who specializes in disorders of the colon, rectum, and anus?
Gastroenterologist
Enterologist
Proctologist
Endocrinologist
What term means the removal of the gallbladder?
Cholecystitis
Cholecystosis
Cholecystectomy
Cholelithiasis
What does the term enteritis mean?
Inflammation if the large intestine
Inflammation of the gallbladder
Inflammation of the pancreas
Inflammation of the small intestine
What does the term sigmoidoscopy mean?
Visual examination of the sigmoid colon
Visual examination of the ascending colon
Visual examination of the transverse colon
Visual examination of the descending colon
What does the term stomatitis mean?
Inflammation of the stomach
Inflammation of the pharynx
Inflammation of the mouth
Inflammation of the esophagus
What does the term hepatitis mean?
Inflammation of the pancreas
Inflammation of the gallbladder
Inflammation of the small intestine
Inflammation of the liver
