Deck 15: The Digestive System

Question 1

A gastroscopy is a procedure for examining the

A) liver
B) pancreas
C) gallbladder
D) stomach

Answer 1

stomach

Question 2

According to the medical record, the patient is experiencing dysphagia. The health care provider knows that this is:

A) a refusal to eat
B) a tendency to overeat
C) difficulty in swallowing
D) the inability to swallow

Answer 2

difficulty in swallowing

Question 3

The patient is experiencing vomiting. Which pharmacological agent would the nurse expect to be ordered?

A) antacid
B) antispasmodic
C) cathartic
D) antiemetic

Answer 3

antiemetic

Question 4

Identify the combining form bili with its closest definition.

A) Intestine
B) Teeth
C) Bile
D) Rectum

Question 5

Identify the combining form bucc(o) with its closest definition.

A) Cheek
B) Gallbladder
C) Bile
D) abdomen

Question 6

Identify the combining form choleangi(o) with its closest definition.

A) Gallbladder
B) Bile
C) Bile vessels
D) Cecum

Question 7

Identify the combining form cholecyst(o) with its closest definition.

A) Gallbladder
B) Bile
C) Bile vessels
D) Cecum

Question 8

Identify the combining form choledoch(o) with its closest definition.

A) Gallbladder
B) Common bile duct
C) Bile vessels
D) Cecum

Question 9

Identify the combining form gastr(o) with its closest definition.

A) small intestine
B) large intestine
C) stomach
D) liver

Question 10

The chewing of food is called ____________________.

Question 11

The flap of tissue that prevents food from entering the trachea is the ____________________.

Question 12

Peristalsis is the process of ___________.

Question 13

The cecum is part of the ________.

Question 14

The patient is experiencing difficulty digesting food. The health care provider documents this as: ______________.

Question 15

The patient's admitting diagnosis is bulimia. The nurse recognizes this as: ______________

Question 16

The patient is experiencing cholelithiasis. The nurse identifies this as ___________.

Question 17

What type of surgery might an obese patient have?