Anatomy
The muscular tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
What is the Esophagus?
This word part means stomach.
What is gastr/o?
Inflammation of the appendix.
What is appendicitis?
This test is used to detect hidden blood in stool.
What is a fecal occult blood test?
This is the medical term for vomiting.
What is emesis?
This sphincter prevents stomach contents from flowing back into the esophagus.
What is the Cardiac Sphincter?
This suffix means liver.
What is hepat/o?
This is the medical name for heartburn (No acronyms)
What is Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease?
This is a visual examination of the colon using a scope.
What is a colonoscopy?
This is the medical term for bad breath
What is halitosis?
This muscular movement pushes food through the digestive tract.
What is Peristalsis?
This word part means intestine.
What is enter/o?
This is the scarring of the liver caused by alcohol, drugs, or viral infection.
What is cirrhosis?
This test uses sound waves to visualize the organs of the digestive system.
What is an abdominal ultrasound?
This is the medical term for vomiting blood.
What is hematemesis?
This valve prevents contents of the large intestine from flowing backward into the small intestine.
What is the ileocecal valve?
This word part means gallblader?
What is Chole-?
This chronic inflammatory disease affects the entire digestive tract.
What is Crohn's disease?
This imaging procedure uses cross-sectional X-ray images analyzed by a computer.
What is a Computed Tomography scan?
This is the name for a yellow discoloration of the skin due to liver dysfunction.
What is jaundice?
This is the main production site of digestive enzymes.
What is the Pancreas?
This word part means stone or calculus.
What is lith/o?
This condition involves stones forming in the gallbladder.
What is cholelithiasis?
In this procedure, a tiny wireless camera is swallowed to photograph the digestive tract.
What is capsule endoscopy?
This symptom describes the return of swallowed food from the stomach back into the mouth without vomiting.
What is regurgitation?