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Chapter 5: Digestive system Flashcards

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append/o

appendic/o

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appendix

appendicitis

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an/o

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anus

perianal

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bucc/o

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cheek

buccal mucosa

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cec/o

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cecum
(first part of large intestine)

Cecil

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celi/o

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belly, abdomen

celiac

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cheil/o

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lip

cheilosis

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

cholecystectomy

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

choledochotomy

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col/o

colon/o

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colon

colostomy, colonoscopy

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dent/i

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tooth

dentibuccal

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duoden/o

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duodenum
(first part of small intestine)

duodenal

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enter/o

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intestines, usually small

enterocolitis

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esophag/o

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esophagus

esophageal

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faci/o

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face

facial

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gastr/o

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stomach

gastronomy

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gingiv/o

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gums

gingivitis

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gloss/o

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tongue

hypoglossal

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hepat/o

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liver

hepatoma

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ile/o

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ileum

ileitis

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jejun/o

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jejunum

gastrojejunostomy

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labi/o

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lip

labial

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lapar/o

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abdomen

laparoscopy

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lingu/o

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tongue

sublingual

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mandibul/o

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lower jaw, mandible

submandibular

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odont/o

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tooth

orthodontist

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or/o

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mouth

oral

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palat/o

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palate

palatoplasty

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

pancreatitis

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

peritonitis

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pharyng/o

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throat

pharyngeal

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proct/o

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anus and rectum

proctologist

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pylor/o

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pyloric sphincter

pylori pasty

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rect/o

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rectum

rectocele

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sialaden/o

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salivary gland

sialadenitis

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

sigmoidoscopy

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stomat/o

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mouth

stomatitis

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uvul/o

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uvula

uvulectomy

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amyl/o

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starch

amylase

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bil/i

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gall, bile

biliary

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bilirubin/o

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bilirubin (bile pigment)

hyperbilirubinemia

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chol/e

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gall, bile

cholelithiasis

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chlorhydr/o

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hydrochloride acid

achlorhydria

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gluc/o

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sugar

gluconeogenesis

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glyc/o

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sugar

hyperglycemia

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glycogen/o

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glycogen, animal starch

glycogenolysis

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lip/o

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fat, lipid

lipoma

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lith/o

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stone

lithogenesis

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prote/o

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protein

protease

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py/o

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pus

pyorrhea

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sial/o

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saliva, salivary

sialolith

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steat/o

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fat

steatorrhea

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-ase

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enzyme

lipase

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-chezia

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defecation, elimination of wastes

hematochezia

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

choledocholithiasis

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-prandial

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meal

postprandial

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pharynx

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throat, common passageway for food and air from the nose.

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esophagus

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tube connecting throat to stomach

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stomach

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muscular organ that receives food from the esophagus.

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duodenum

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first part of the small intestine

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jejunum

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second part of small intestine

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ileum

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third part of small intestine

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cecum

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first part of large intestine

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sigmoid colon

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fourth and last part of large intestine, leads into colon

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rectum

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last section of the large intestine. connecting end of colon and anus.

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anus

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terminal end or opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body

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liver

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located in RUQ of abdomen. secretes bile

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gallbladder

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small sac under liver. stores bile.

one word!

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pancreas

A

organ under the stomach; produces insulin

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salivary glands

A

parotid, sublingual, and submandibular glands

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