Term for irritation, inflammation, or infection of the GI tract.
What is gastroenteritis?
100
The curve where the transverse colon turns downward.
What is splenic flexure?
100
Cavity located at the back of the mouth; receives bolus from the mouth.
What is the pharynx?
100
J-shaped saclike organ that is actually an enlargement of the gastrointestinal tract that empties into the duodenum.
What is the stomach?
100
A physiological process that involves the intake and assimilation of nutrients and the elimination of waste.
What is digestion?
200
Inflammation of the appendix
What is appendicitis?
200
Narrow twisted, close-ended tube attached to the cecum and contains lymphatic tissue.
What is appendix?
200
The first 10 inches of the small intestine.
What is duodenum?
200
Largest gland of the body weighing 3 pounds.
What is the liver?
200
Step in the digestion process where food enters the mouth.
What is ingestion?
300
Infiltration of connective tissue into functioning cells of the liver. Most common cause is alcoholism
What is cirrhosis?
300
Part of the colon that goes up the right side of the abdomen to the underside of the liver.
What is Ascending Colon?
300
Receives digested matter from the ileum of the small intestine.
What is the cecum?
300
mucous membrane lining of the abdominal cavity that prevents friction of organs within the cavity.
What is peritoneum?
300
The mechanical and chemical breakdown of food from its complex form into simple molecules.
What is Digestion?
400
Difficulty passing stools, or incomplete, or infrequent passage of hard stool.
What is constipation?
400
Forms the roof of the mouth, soft and hard.
What is the palate?
400
Connects the small intestine to the large intestine at the ileocecal valve.
What is Ileum?
400
10 inch muscular tube that takes food from the pharynx to the stomach.
What is esophagus?
400
The movement of simple molecules from the digestive tract into the circulatory or lymphatic systems, vitamin and minerals do this in the small intestine.
What is absorption?
500
A protrusion of soft tissues through a tear or weak spot in a muscle wall.
What is a hernia?
500
First portion of the gastrointestinal tract.
What is the mouth?
500
3-4 inch sac that lies on the undersurface of the liver, its function is to store and concentrate bile.
What is the Gallbladder?
500
breaks down fatty acids, stores fat, removes glucose from blood, secretes bile, stores vitamins, detoxifies blood, converts amino acids, destroys old blood cells are all functions of this organ.
What is the liver?
500
Removal and release by defacation of solid waste products from food that cannot be digested or absorbed.