1. Digestion begins in the mouth, where food is chewed and mixed with a substance called _____.

a. fatty acid

b. saliva

c. amino acid

d. none of the above

2. The first loop of the small intestine is called _________.

a. transverse colon

b. deuterium

c. jejunum

d. duodenum

3. Chemical reduction of food into its end product is moved by the rhythmic contraction of the muscle walls of the organ of digestion, the contraction being called _______.

a. heartburn

b. peritonitis

c. peristalsis

d. cholecystitis

4. Some of the final products of digestion are ___________.

a. fatty acids

b. amino acids

c. simple sugars

d. all of the above

5. The lining of the duodenum is composed of thousands of tiny finger-like projections called ____.

a. hemorrhoids

b. villi

c. ulcers

d. hernia

6. Varicose veins of the anal canal or outside the external sphincter are called __________.

a. hemorrhoids

b. villi

c. peritonitis

d. diarrhea

7. Cancerous tumors anywhere in the body are called _________.

a. ganglions

b. carcionolysis

c. carcinomatophobia

d. malignancies

8. Where there is a weakness in the walls of the muscle and underlying tissue pushes through it is called __________.

a. an ulcer

b. a hernia

c. hemorrhoids

d. diarrhea

9. Chronic disease of the liver is called ______.

a. hepatic cirrhosis

b. ulcer

c. constipation

d. hernia

10. A gallbladder disorder involving stones in the gallbladder is __________.

a. cholecystitis

b. intestinal obstruction

c. hepatitis

d. cholelithiasis

11. Inflammation of the peritoneum is _______.

a. peritonitis

b. peritoneal cavities

c. colitis

d. hernia

12. Included in the four basic food groups are ______.

a. dairy products

b. meat and fish

c. vegetables and fruit

d. all of the above

13. The basic balanced diet is often called ___.

a. full diet

b. regular diet

c. house diet

d. all of the above

14. Foods mild in flavor and easy to digest:; omitting spicy foods is called ________.

a. clear liquid diet

b. low calorie diet

c. diabetic diet

d. bland diet

15. A tube inserted into one of the patient’s nostrils and down the back of the throat, through the esophagus until the end reaches the patient’s stomach is a(an) ______.

a. test tube

b. nasogastric tube

c. irrigation tube

d. none of the above

16. Nasogastric feeding is also called _______.

a. lavage

b. gavage

c. low residue

d. none of the above

17. Washing out of the stomach through a nasogastric tube is called _________.

a. gavage

b. lavage

c. both a and b

d. none of the above

18. Fluids are removed from the patient’s body through a tube by _________.

a. suction

b. gravity

c. both a and b

d. none of the above

19. Retention means that the patient keeps the fluid (oil) in his rectum for _________.

a. two hours

b. two days

c. twenty minutes

d. six hours

20. Inflammation of the urinary bladder is called ___________.

a. dysuria

b. urolithiasis

c. cystitis

d. hematuria

21. Painful voiding is called __________.

a. urine burn

b. dysuria

c. hydronephrosis

d. cystitis

22. Changing the urinary stream to exit the body through a new avenue is called ________.

a. urinary diversion

b. pyelonephritis

c. dysuria

d. none of the above

23. Blood in the urine is called ________.

a. hematuria

b. urohematin

c. uric nephrosis

d. urohematonephrosis

24. A narrowing of the urethra caused by scar tissue is called _____________.

a. cystitis

b. urethral stricture

c. chronic renal failure

d. pyelonephritis

25. The average healthy adult will take in about 3 ½ quarts of fluid every day. This is called ___.

a. fluid output

b. fluid intake

c. osmosis

d. none of the above

26. When just about the same amount of fluid taken in by the body is eliminated it is called _______.

a. fluid imbalance

b. fluid balance

c. diarrhea

d. none of the above

27. Fluid may be held in the body tissues and make them smell. This is called _________.

a. inflammation

b. dysmorphia

c. hydromorphia

d. edema

28. An inflammation or infection in the intestinal tract, which may produce an obstruction of the bowel, is called ______.

a. diverticulitis

b. colostomy

c. tonsillitis

d. none of the above

29. The formation of an artificial anus by means of a surgical incision in the abdomen to allow for the removal of a loop of bowel is called ______.

a. peristalsis

b. colostomy

c. sigmoid

d. none of the above

30. The last curve of the large intestine before the rectum is called _________.

a. stoma

b. ulceration

c. sigmoid

d. diverticulitis