Chapter 11 Flashcards
Mor/o
Stomat/o
Mouth
Gingiv/o
Gums
Latin for gums. Pink gums are healthy.
Dent/o
Odont/o
Tooth
Dentist or odontal
Gloss/o
Lingu/o
Tongue
Gastr/o
Stomach
Produces a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks and it will digest itself. Stomach changes color when you blush too.
Esophag/o
Esophagus
Tube the size of a quarter and connects your mouth to you stomach. Eso- to carry.
Enter/o
Intestines
Greek meaning the inside. They take up a great deal of space inside you.
Duoden/o
Duodenum
One of the 3 sections of intestines. This is the first of the three. It’s name means 12. Refers to its length that it’s 12 finger’s width long.
Jejun/o
Jejunum
2nd of the small intestines. Means empty and using found empty during dissections.
ile/o
ileum
3rd part of the intestines. Means groin which means it’s towards the lower abdomen.
Col/o
Colon/o
Colon (large intestines)
Ascending going up
Traverse going across
Descending going down
Sigmoid/o
Sigmoid colon
Between colon and rectum.
Means sigma resembles and S shape.
Rect/o
Rectum
Latin for straight and is the final portion of the colon.
An/o
Anus
Latin meaning “ring”
Passes the feces or waste
Proct/o
Anus and rectum
Both the anus and rectum.
Bil/i
Chol/e
Bile (gall)
Substance that helps the body digest food from the liver.
Sial/o
Saliva
1-3 pints a day. Helps digestion and makes good taste good. You cannot taste good until it is mixed with saliva.
Abdomin/o
Celi/o
Lapar/o
Abdomen
Laparoscopic surgery where they pump the body up with air to do surgery on the abdomen.
Cyst/o
Bladder
Doch/o
Duct
Hepat/o
Hepatic/o
Liver
Think hepatitis
Pancreat/o
Pancreas
Pan all around
Kreas means flesh.
Peritone/o
Peritoneum
Membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers most of the organs.
Peri means around
Teneo means to stretch
-emesis
Vomiting
Like hyperemesis- excessive vomiting
Hematemesis vomiting blood.
Icterus
Another name for jaundice
Antiemetic
Anti / emet / ic
Against vomiting / pertaining to
Relieves nausea and vomiting
Pepto bismol
Cathartic
Cathart / ic
Cleansing / pertaining to
Produces bowel movement
Ex lax
Sialagogic
Sial / agog / ic
Saliva / leading / pertaining to
Causes saliva
