Ch. 13 GI Digestion and Food Flashcards
1
Q
aliment/o
A
food
2
Q
cib/o
A
food, meal
3
Q
sit/o
A
food, grain
4
Q
fruct/o
A
fruit, fructose
5
Q
carp/o
A
fruit
6
Q
galact/o
A
milk, galactose, galaxy
7
Q
gluc/o
A
sugar, glucose
8
Q
sacchar/o
A
sugar
9
Q
melit/o
A
honey, sugar, bees
10
Q
amyl/o
A
starch
11
Q
prote/o
A
protein, first, primary
12
Q
albumin/o
A
albumin, protein
13
Q
lip/o
A
fat
14
Q
steat/o
A
fat, sebum
15
Q
glutin/o
A
glutin, sticky, adhesive
16
Q
zym/o
A
enzyme, fermentation
17
Q
-zyme
A
enzyme, fermentation
18
Q
-ase
A
enzyme
19
Q
-ose
A
carbohydrate
20
Q
phag/o
A
to swallow, eat
21
Q
vor/o
A
to devour, eat
22
Q
orex/i
A
appetite
23
Q
-orexia
A
appetite
24
Q
pept/o
A
digestion
25
peps/o
digestion
26
chol/e
bile
27
bil/i
bile
28
sial/o
saliva
29
saliv/o
saliva
30
chyl/o
chyle
31
chym/o
chyme
32
sterc/o
feces
33
stercor/o
feces
34
copr/o
feces
35
scat/o
feces
36
fec/o
feces
37
-chezia
defecation
38
excret-
defecation
39
omphalocele
infant's intestines, liver, or other organs stick outside the belly through the belly button
40
exomphalos
outie belly button
41
amylase
enzyme that breaks down starch
ex. salivary glands
42
protease
enzyme that breaks down proteins
ex. Pepsin
43
lipase
enzyme that breaks down fats
ex. Pancreatic lipase
44
adenose
full of or nature of glands
45
alma mater
'nourishing mother'
46
parasitos
'one who eats at another one's table,' or one who lives at another's expense
47
agglutination
sticking two things together
48
metabolism
throwing beyond
49
anabolism
throwing up; building up
50
catabolism
throwing down; breaking down
51
stercoraceous
full of crap
52
scatology
study of animal feces
53
autoscatophage
animals that eat their own feces
54
copremesis
throwing up feces
55
hematochezia
crapping blood, feces is bright red
56
flatulence
"passing wind" or "farting"
57
halitosis
bad breath
