unit 6 - gut instincts

1. Mixing of ingesta in the intestine is called

segmentation

Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

is called

ascites

Telescoping of one part of the intestine into an

adjacent part is called

intussusception

The small intestine is attached to the dorsal

abdominal wall by the

mesentery

5. Eating and licking of abnormal substances is called

pica

Inflammation of the mouth is

stomatitis

Straining, painful defecation is called

tenesmus

A tumor of the liver is a

hepatoma

Marked wasting or excessive leanness is

emaciation

Forced feeding or irrigation through a tube passed

into the stomach is called

gavage

The combining form for the first part of the large

intestine is

cec/o

The muscular, wavelike movement used to trans-

port food through the digestive system is

peristalsis

The part of the tooth that contains a rich supply

of nerves and blood vessels is the

pulp

Buccal means

pertaining to the cheek

Stomat/o means

mouth

The term for erosion of tissue is

ulcer

A drug used to prevent vomiting is known as an

antiemetic

The formation of a new opening from the large

port food through the digestive system is

as a(n)

colostomy

Proofread the following statements. Which is the

only correct statement?

Melena is the passage of black, tarry stools.

Cholecystectomy and cholecystitis are terms used

to describe a procedure and condition of the

gallbladder

The one term that is not a body process is

fecalith

postprandial vomiting occurs

after a meal

chyme

semifluid mass of partly digested food

bile

substance made by the liver that helps with fat digestion

glycogen

stored energy present in the liver

rugae

folds present in the mucosa of the stomach

mastication

breaking food into smaller pieces and mixing with saliva

aerophagia

swallowing of

trypsin

enzyme that digests protein

villus

tiny hairlike projection on the small intestine

assimilation

absorption

bilirubin

pigment produced by destruction of hemoglobin

haustra

sacculations of cecum and colon in horses and pigs

teniae

longitudinal smooth muscle bands in cecal wall of horses and pigs

omentum

fold of peritoneum

pyloric sphincter

controls flow from stomach to duodenum

jejunum-

middle part of small intestine

enamel

hard white covering the dentin of the crown of the tooth

dentin

connective tissue surrounding tooth pulp

abomasum

true stomach of ruminants

rumen

fermentation vat of ruminants

Gloss/o and lingu/o

tongue

Or/o and stomat/o means

mouth

cheil/o and labi/o mean

lips

Abdomin/o, celi/o, and lapar/o mean

abdomen

Dent/o, dent/i, and odont/o mean

teeth

he dog’s gingival tissue was severely infected and he was diagnosed with

gingivitis

The return of swallowed food into the mouth is known as

regurgitation

Twisting around the long axis of mesentery is

volvulus

Twisting around the long axis of the gut is

torsion

Erosion of tissue is a/an

ulcer