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Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style -The combining form that means rectum is ________.

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The pyloric sphincter is also called the cardiac sphincter.

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Pancreatic enzymes digest:

A diverticulum is a small growth attached to a mucous membrane by a stem.

Which medical term means stomach pain?

The liver produces ________ to aid in digestion.

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style -The combining form that means liver is ________.

Esophageal varices may rupture and cause serious bleeding.

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written in the combining form style, meaning word root/combining vowel. For example, a combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written in suffix form, meaning a hyphen before your answer. For example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written in prefix form, meaning a hyphen after your answer. For example, a prefix meaning two is bi-. Do not capitalize any of your answers or include a period at the end of your answer. The computer will not recognize your answer as correct if it is written in any other style -The combining form that means cecum is ________.

Pyrosis is another term for heartburn.

Gastric stapling is used to treat PUD.

Which medical term means surgical removal of stomach?

A partial or complete set of artificial teeth is called a(n) :

Food exits the stomach by passing through the:

An outpouching off the gut is called a(n) :

Which medical term means drooping of the rectum and anus?

Which of the following endoscopic exams would be used to view inside a section of the colon?

Peristalsis is a wave-like muscular contraction that propels food through the digestive system.

Food leaving the small intestine first enters the ________ of the colon.

The evacuation of feces from the rectum is called defecation.