Word roots, Digestive System

Question 1

abdomin/o

Answer 1

abdomen

Question 2

an/o

Answer 2

anus

Question 3

antr/o

Answer 3

antrum

Question 4

appendic/o

Answer 4

appendix

Question 5

cec/o

Answer 5

cecum

Question 6

celi/o

Answer 6

abdomen

Question 7

cheil/o

Answer 7

lip

Question 8

chol/e

Answer 8

gall, bile

Question 9

cholangi/o

Answer 9

bile duct

Question 10

choledoch/o

Answer 10

common bile duct

Question 11

col/o, colon/o

Answer 11

colon

Question 12

diverticul/o

Answer 12

diverticulum

Question 13

duoden/o

Answer 13

duodenum

Question 14

enter/o

Answer 14

intestine

Question 15

esophag/o

Answer 15

esophagus

Question 16

gastr/o

Answer 16

stomach

Question 17

gingiv/o

Answer 17

gum

Question 18

gloss/o

Answer 18

tongue

Question 19

hemi

Answer 19

half

Question 20

hepat/o

Answer 20

liver

Question 21

herni/o

Answer 21

protrusion of an organ through a membrane or cavity wall

Question 22

ile/o

Answer 22

ileum

Question 23

jejun/o

Answer 23

jejunum

Question 24

lapar/o

Answer 24

abdomen

Question 25

lingu/o

Answer 25

tongue

Question 26

or/o

Answer 26

mouth

Question 27

palat/o

Answer 27

palate

Question 28

pancreat/o

Answer 28

pancreas

Question 29

pepsia

Answer 29

digestion

Question 30

peritone/o

Answer 30

peritoneum

Question 31

polyp/o

Answer 31

polyp, small growth

Question 32

proct/o

Answer 32

rectum

Question 33

pylor/o

Answer 33

pylorus, pyloric sphincter

Question 34

rect/o

Answer 34

rectum

Question 35

sial/o

Answer 35

saliva, salivary gland

Question 36

sigmoid/o

Answer 36

sigmoid colon

Question 37

steat/o

Answer 37

fat

Question 38

stomat/o

Answer 38

mouth

Question 39

uvul/o

Answer 39

uvula