Chapter 3 The Digestive System 127 True or False Directions: Indicate whether each statement below is true or false. True or False? _____ 1. Major organs of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract include the mouth and stomach. _____ 2. The liver, gallbladder, pancreas, salivary glands, and teeth are accessory organs that aid in digestion. _____ 3. Chemical digestion and absorption of food occur in the stomach. _____ 4. The small intestine is so named because its diameter is wider than that of the large intestine. _____ 5. Crohn’s disease is an acute infl ammatory stomach disease. _____ 6. A hiatal hernia occurs when a portion of the stomach protrudes through the diaphragm. _____ 7. Hepatitis is an infl ammation of the liver causing yellowish discoloration of the skin and eyes. _____ 8. Ulcers can develop in the esophagus, stomach, or duodenum. _____ 9. Gastric bypass is a type of weight-loss surgery. _____ 10. Laparoscopic surgery involves a long, diffi cult recovery time. _____ 11. The three parts of the small intestine are the duodenum, jejunum, and sigmoid. _____ 12. The small intestine is known as the colon. _____ 13. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are two common types of behavioral eating disorders. _____ 14. An endoscope is a fl exible, fi ber-optic instrument that has a magnifying lens and, in some cases, a tool for removing tissue to be checked for disease. _____ 15. A colonoscopy drains stool from the colon into a colostomy bag attached to the abdomen. _____ 16. A lower gastrointestinal (LGI) series can detect (for example) diverticulitis, polyps, abscesses, and cancer. Dictionary Skills Directions: Using a medical dictionary, such as Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, look up the term gastroparalysis. For each medical term shown below, indicate whether the term appears on the same page as gastroparalysis, before the page, or after the page. Use the following abbreviations in your answers: O = on the same page B = before the page A = after the page Write the defi nition of each term in the space provided. Medical Term O, B, A 1. gastropulmonary ______ Defi nition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. gastrology ______ Defi nition: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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