Organs
A muscular tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
Chronic disease of the liver associated with failure of the liver to function properly; the main cause is alcohol abuse
What is cirrhosis?
Inflammation of the stomach
What is gastritis?
This is the organ that stores bile.
What is the gallbladder?
This means difficulty having a BM
What is constipation?
A J-shaped muscular organ that acts as a bag or sac to collect, churn, digest, and store food.
What is the stomach?
What is hepatitis?
Enlargement of the liver
What is hepatomegaly?
These are the four parts of the large colon
What are the ascending, transverse, descending,and the sigmoid colon?
This means loss of appetite
What is anorexia?
This organ is the major site of digestion and absorption of nutrients from food.
What is the small intestine
Chronic disease that occurs when acid from the stomach flows back up into the esophagus
What is gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)?
Create an opening in the colon
What is colostomy?
Bile passes from this organ into the small intestine.
What is the gallbladder?
This means bad breath
What is halitosis?
Name three accessory organs of the digestive system
What are gallbladder, liver, pancreas, and salivary glands?
Cancerous tumor in the stomach
What is gastric carcinoma?
Visual examination of the esophagus
What is esophagoscopy?
This organ makes up 2/3 of the digestive system.
What is the small intestine?
This means fluid accumulation in the abdomen
What is acites?
Bile is produced in the ____________
What is the liver?
inflammation of the mucous membrane of stomach and intestines
What is gastroenteritis?
Excision of the gallbladder
What is cholecystectomy?
Excision of a small piece of hepatic tissue for microscopic examination
What is a liver biopsy?
This means belching
What is eructation?