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or/o

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mouth

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stomat/o

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mouth

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bucc/o

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cheek

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cheil/o

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lips

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labi/o

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lips

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palat/o

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palate

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what the palate?

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roof of mouth

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gloss/o

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tongue

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lingu/o

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tounge

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gingiv/o

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gums

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dent/i

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teeth

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odont/o

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teeth

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mastication means?

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chewing

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uvul/o

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uvula

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mandibul/o

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jaw

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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sial/o

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salivary

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aden/o

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gland

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sialaden/o

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salivary glands

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pharyng/o

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pharynx

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deglutition means?

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swallowing

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what does the epiglottis do?

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close over the trachea when swallowing to direct food to pharynx and not trachea

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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peristalsis is what?

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involuntary muscle contractions that drive food down to stomach

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gastr/o

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stomach

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g-tube

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tube used in a gastrostomy

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what is a sphincter?

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muscular ring

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enter/o

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intestines

usually small intestines

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parenteral means?

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“apart from intestinal”

like meds delivered intravenous

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duoden/o

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duodenum

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jejun/o

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jejunum

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whats a J tube?

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tube used in jejunostomy

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ile/o

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ileum

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bil/i

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bile or gall

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chol/e

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bile or gall

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cholecyst/o

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gall bladder

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hepat/o

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liver

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what is biliruben?

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bile pigment

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what does too much biliruben in your blood do?

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jaundice

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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suffix -ase means?

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enzyme

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amyl/o

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starch/ complex carbs

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lip/o

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fat

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what is lipase?

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fat enzymes

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what are the areas of large intestine

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  • cecum
  • asending colon
  • transverse colon
  • decending colon
  • sigmoid colon
  • rectum
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cec/o

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cecum

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col/o

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colon

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colon/o

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colon

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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rect/o

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rectum

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an/o

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anus

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proct/o

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anus

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-chezia

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defecation or feces

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lapar/o

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abdominal wall

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periton/o

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peritoneum

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glyc/o

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sugar

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-prandial

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meal

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suffix -eum means?

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membrane

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what is the mesentary?

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a double fold of peritoneum that attaches the small intestines to the posterior abdominal wall

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difference between signs and symptoms

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signs you can see with your eyes and symptoms are feelings that cant always be seen

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eti/o

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cause

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idi/o

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unknown

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-orexia

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appetite

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what is ascites?

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abnormal collection of fluid in the abdomen

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asci-

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bag

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-rrhea

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discharge

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dysphagia

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difficulty swallowing

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odynophagia

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painful swallowing

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aphagia

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inability to swallow

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eructation

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belching

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flatus

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gas

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melena

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black sticky feces with partly digested blood

73
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what is dental caries?

A

tooth decay

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what is herpetic stomatitis

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fever blisters/ cold sores

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-plakia

A

plack

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what is oral leukoplakia?

A

white patches on mouth mucosa

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sialolith

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salivary stone

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lith/o

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stone

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-chalasia

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relaxation

80
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what is achalasia?

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lower esophageal sphincter spasm

81
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what are varicose veins?

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swollen twisted veins that pop out

82
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what is esophageal varices?

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varicose veins of esophagus

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what is GERD?

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chronic regurgitation of stomach contents

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what does GERD stand for?

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gastroesophageal reflux disease

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what is a hernia?

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abnormal protrusion of an organ or tissue

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what is a peptic ulcer?

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open surface wound of the stomach

87
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what is cholelithiasis?

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gallstones in the gallbladder

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what is billiary collic?

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stomach pain from blocked bile duct

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what is a laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

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excision of call stones with laparoscope

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cirrho-

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orange/yellow

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what is cirrhosis?

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chronic degeneration of liver

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what is pancreatitis?

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inflammation of the pancreas

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what is hepatitis?

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inflammation of the liver(virus that targets liver)

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what is an anal fistula?

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abnormal tube-like passage near anus

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what is colonic polyposis?

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benign growths of mucous membrane in colon

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how does cancer usually start in the colon?

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polyps

97
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what is crohn’s disease?

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chronic intestinal inflammation

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what is diverticulitis?

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abnormal pouches in intestinal wall

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what is diverticulosis?

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abnormal pouches in intestinal wall

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what is dysentry?

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inflamed, painful intestines

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what are vericose veins in the rectum called?

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hemorrhoids

102
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what is IBS?

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irritable bowel syndrome

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what is IBS and what the symptoms?

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GI problems/ diarrhea, constipation, and pain

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