Ch 9 Digestive System Flashcards
alimentation
process of providing nutrition to the body
metabolism
body’s use of nutrients for growth, energy, waste removal, etc.
ingestion
oral intake of food
digestion
mechanical and chemical process of breaking up food into a form that is useable by cells
absorbtion
the process in which digested food molecules pass through the small intestine and into the blood or lymph capillaries
elimination
removal of undigested food particles (through the anus as deification)
3 major classes of nutrients
carbohydrates
protein
lipids (fats)
-ase
enzyme
-ose
sugar
amyl/o
starch
-ation
action or process
bil/i
chol/e
bile
cirrh/o
orange / yellow
de-
down from, reversing, removing
glycos/o
sugar
-orexia
appetite
pepsia
digestion
vag/o
vagus nerve
viscer/o
viscera
cheil/o
lips
dent/o
dent/i
odent/o
teeth
gingiv/o
gums
gloss/o
lingu/o
tongue
or/o
stomat/o
mouth
esophag/o
esophagus
gastr/o
stomach
intestin/o
enter/o
intestine
3 parts of sm intestine
duodenum
jejunum
ileum
col/o
colon/o
colon
append/o
appendic/o
appendix
cec/o
cecum
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
proct/o
anus or rectum
rect/o
rectum
an/o
anus
4 parts of the colon
ascending colon
transverse colon
descending colon
sigmoid colon
4 parts of the large intestine
appendix
cecum
colon
rectum
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
hepat/o
liver
pancreat/o
pacnreas
sial/o
salivary gland(s)
cholelithaisis
presence of calculus in gall bladder (gallstones)
