Unit 6 | Exercises and Flashcards

Unit 6, Medical English Exercises and Flashcards

Word	Example
digestive system	Digestive system is the organs in your body involved with the digestion of food.
esophagus	Esophagus is the tube in the body that carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
stomach	he doctor asked him to lie down on his stomach.
large intestine	Large intestine is the lower part of the bowels in which water is removed from digested food before it is passed out of the body as solid waste.
small intestine	Small intestine is the upper part of the bowels between the stomach and the large intestine.
coloscopy	The study found that older women waited longer than younger women to get a coloscopy.
appendicitis	Appendicitis is an illness in which the appendix is infected and painful and usually needs to be removed in an operation.