Medical Terminology Simplified

6–81 Name the three parts of the small intestine and their CFs.

Part Combining Form

1. ____ __ / _____


2. ____ __ / _____


3. ____ __ / _____

6–82 Duoden/o/stomy is performed to form an opening (mouth) into the

____________________.

6–83 Identify the element in Frame 6–82 that means forming an opening

(mouth): __________.

6–84 Jejun/o/stomy is a surgical procedure that means forming an

____________________into the____________________.

6–85 When the colon is removed because of colon CA, an ile/o/stomy is

performed. The patient must wear an ile/o/stomy bag to collect fecal material

from the ile/um.

The surgical procedure ile/o/stomymeans forming an____________________

into the ____________________.

6–86 The medical term stoma refers to an opening shaped like a mouth.The suffix

that means forming an opening (mouth)is __________.

6–87 For patients who cannot eat by mouth, a jejun/al (pertaining to the je-

junum) feeding tube is commonly placed through a jejun/o/tomy incision.

The surgical suffix that means incisionis __________.

An incision of the jejunumis called __________ / _____ / __________.

6–88 Incision of the duodenumis called

____________________ / _____ / __________.

6–89 Incision of the ileumis called __________ / _____ / __________.

Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix.

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opening, ileum

ĬL-ē-ŭm

-stomy

-tomy

jejun/o/tomy

jĕ-jū-NŎT-ō-mē

duodenum, duoden/o

dū-ŎD-ĕ-nŭm

jejunum, jejun/o

jĕ-JŪ-nŭm

ileum, ile/o

ĬL-ē-ŭm

duodenum

dū-ŎD-ĕ-nŭm

stomy

opening, jejunum

jē-JŪ-nŭm

duoden/o/tomy

dū-ŏd-ĕ-NŎT-ō-mē

ile/o/tomy

ĭl-ē-ŎT-ō-mē