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Chapter 5: Digestive System Flashcards

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an/o

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anus

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append/o
appendic/o

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appendix

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bucc/o

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cheek

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cec/o

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cecum

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celi/o

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belly, abdomen

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cheil/o

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lipc

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cholecyst/o

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gall bladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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col/o
colon/o

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colon

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duoden/o

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duodenum

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enter/o

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small intestines

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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faci/o

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face

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gingiv/o

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gums

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gloss/o

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tongue

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hepat/o

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liver

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ile/o

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ileum

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jejun/o

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jejunum

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labi/o

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lip

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lapar/o

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abdomen

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lingu/o

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tongue

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mandibul/o

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lower jaw, mandible

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or/o

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mouth

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palat/o

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palate

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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pharyng/o

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pharyngx (throat)

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proct/o

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anus and rectump

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pylor/o

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pyloric sphincter

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rect/o

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rectum

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sialaden/o

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salivary gland

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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stomat/o

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mouth

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uvul/o

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uvula

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bil/i

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gall, bile

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bilirubin/o

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bilirubin (bile pigment)

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chol/e

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gall, bile

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lith/o

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stone, calculus

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chlorhydr/o

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hydrochloric acidg

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glyc/o

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sugar

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lip/o

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fat

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py/o

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pus

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sial/o

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saliva, salivary

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steat/o

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fat

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anorexia

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lack of appetite

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ascites

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abnormal condition of fluid in abdomen

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borborygmi

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rumbling or gurgling noises produced by movement by gas, fluid or both in GI tract

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constipation

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difficulty passing stools

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diarrhea

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frequent passage of loose, watery stools

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dysphagia

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difficulty swallowing

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eructation

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gas expelled from stomach through mouth

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flatus

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gas expelled through anush

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hematochezia

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passage of fresh, bright red blood from rectum

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jaundice

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yellow-orangish coloration of skin and whites of eyes caused by hyperbilirubinemia

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melena

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black tarry stools; feces containing digested blood

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nausea

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unpleasant sensation in stomach with tendency to vomit

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steatorrhea

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fat in feces

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achalasia

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failure of the lower esophagus sphincter muscle to relax

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esophageal cancer

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malignant tumor of the esophagus

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esophagus varices

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swollen varicose veins at lower end of esophagus

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gastric cancer

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malignant tumor of stomach

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gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

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solids/fluids return to the mouth from stomach

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hernia

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protrusion of an organ through the tissues and muscles normally containing it

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peptic ulcer

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open sore in lining of stomach/abdomen

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anal fistula

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abnormal tube-like passageway near anus

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colonic polyps

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polyps protrude from mucous membrane of colon

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colorectal cancer

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adenocarcinoma of colon or rectum

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crohn’s disease

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chronic inflammation of intestinal tract

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diverticulosis

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abnormal outpouchings in the intestinal wall of colon

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dysentery

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painful inflammation of intestines commonly caused by bacterial infection

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hemorrhoids

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swollen, twisted varicose veins in the rectal region

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ileus

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loss of peristalsis with resulting obstruction of intestines

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inflammatory bowel disase (IBD)

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inflammation of colon and small intestines

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intussusception

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telescoping of intestines

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irritable bowl syndrome (IBS)

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group of GI symptomsu

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ulcerative colitis

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chronic inflammation of colon with presence of liverso

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volvulus

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twisting of the intestine on itself

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cholelithiasis

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gallstones in gallbladderc

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cirrhosis

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chronic degenerative disease of liver

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hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

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liver cancerp

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pancreatic cancer

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malignant tumor of pancreasc

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pancreatitis

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inflammation of pancreasv

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viral hepatitis

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inflammation of liver caused by a virus

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