Ch. 5 Medical Terminology (GI)
Across
- 3. suffix for abnormal condition
- 5. Hormone produced by endocrine cells of the pancreas; transports sugar from the blood into cells and stimulates glycogen formation by the liver
- 6. Muscular wave-like movement to transport food through the digestive system
- 8. Muscular organ that receives food from the esophagus
- 9. Throat
- 11. combining form for common bile duct
- 12. Tube connecting the throat to the stomach
Down
- 1. Pigment released by the liver in bile
- 2. Breakdown of complex foods to simpler forms
- 4. combining form for salivary gland
- 7. combining form for intestines
- 10. combining form for cheek
- 11. First part of the large intestine