Anatomical Roots: Mouth and Digestive System (Mod 9)

Question 1

Adamant-

Answer 1

Enamel. “Adamans” [GRK] - hard [of steel, iron, diamonds]

Question 2

Adamantin-

Answer 2

Enamel. “Adamans” [GRK] - hard [of steel, iron, diamonds]

Question 3

Amel-

Answer 3

Enamel

Question 4

Alve-

Answer 4

Tooth socket; socket; cavity.
Pulmonary Alveoli - “hollow area”
Alveolus [LAT] “ a game board with small hollows”

Question 5

Alveol-

Answer 5

Tooth socket; socket; cavity
Pulmonary Alveoli - “hollow area”
Alveolus [LAT] “ a game board with small hollows”

Question 6

Append-

Answer 6

Appendix

Question 7

Appendic-

Answer 7

Appendix

Question 8

Cholang-

Answer 8

Bile duct

Question 9

Cholecyst-

Answer 9

bile bladder; gall bladder

Question 10

Choledoch-

Answer 10

common bile duct

Question 11

col-

Answer 11

colon; large intestine

Question 12

colon-

Answer 12

colon; large intestine

Question 13

duoden-

Answer 13

duodenum; the first part of the small intestine

Question 14

enter-

Answer 14

intestines

Question 15

epipl-

Answer 15

omentum; fatty membrane lining the abdominal cavity

Question 16

oment-

Answer 16

omentum; fatty membrane lining the abdominal cavity

Question 17

eosphag-

Answer 17

esophagus [eso =/= into]

Question 18

oesophag-

Answer 18

esophagus

Question 19

gastr-

Answer 19

stomach

Question 20

stomach-

Answer 20

stomach

Question 21

gingiv-

Answer 21

gums

Question 22

gloss-

Answer 22

tongue; language

Question 23

lingu-

Answer 23

tongue; language

Question 24

hepat-

Answer 24

liver

Question 25

hepatic-

Answer 25

hepatic duct

Question 26

ile-

Answer 26

ileum (digestive system)

Question 27

jejun-

Answer 27

jejunum

Question 28

odont-

Answer 28

tooth; teeth

Question 29

dent-

Answer 29

tooth; teeth

Question 30

pancreat-

Answer 30

pancreas. [GRK] - “all fleshy”

Question 31

pancreatic-

Answer 31

pancreatic duct

Question 32

peritone-

Answer 32

peritoneum; serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity

Question 33

proct-

Answer 33

rectum; anus; rectum and anus

Question 34

rect-

Answer 34

rectum; anus; rectum and anus

Question 35

ptyal-

Answer 35

saliva; salivary gland

Question 36

sial-

Answer 36

saliva; salivary gland

Question 37

pylor-

Answer 37

pylorus; lower portion of the stomach

Question 38

sphincter-

Answer 38

sphincter; circular muscle [which closes an orifice] [GRK] - Sphinx (woman head and lion body): Myth of Odepius and the Sphinx, where the sphinx self-strangles herself.

Question 39

splanchn-

Answer 39

viscera; the internal organs [collectively]

Question 40

viscer-

Answer 40

viscera; the internal organs [collectively]

Question 41

staphyl-

Answer 41

uvula

Question 42

uvul-

Answer 42

uvula

Question 43

stom-

Answer 43

mouth [GRK] - can refer to any other mouths on your body other than the facial mouth.

Question 44

stomat-

Answer 44

mouth [GRK] - can refer to any other mouths on your body other than the facial mouth.

Question 45

or-

Answer 45

mouth

Question 46

typhl-

Answer 46

cecum; first part of the large intestine

Question 47

caec-

Answer 47

cecum; first part of the large intestine

Question 48

cec-

Answer 48

cecum; first part of the large intestine

Question 49

ul-

Answer 49

gums; scar

Question 50

uran-

Answer 50

palate.

Uranos [GRK] - Sky god, the sky, the curve of the sky, the arch of the sky.

Question 51

Uranisc-

Answer 51

palate [GRK]

Question 52

palat-

Answer 52

palate [LAT]