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Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Digestive system is referred to as

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Referred to as
Digestive system or tract
Alimentary system
GI system or tract
Combining form is aliment/o

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Mouth or oral cavity contains and combining form

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Contains lips, cheeks, palates, salivary glands, tongue, teeth, and periodontium
Combining form are or/o or stomat/o

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Combing form for jaw

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gnath/o

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Lips combining form

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cheil/o or labi/o

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Cheeks combining form

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bucc/o

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Palate combining form

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palat/o
Palate has rugae
rug/o

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Tongue combing form

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gloss/o or lingu/o

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Teeth combing form

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dent/o , dent/i, odent/o

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Dentition

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Refers to the teeth as a whole
The primary dentition is temporary and known as the deciduous dentition
Secondary dentition is permanent

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Gingiva

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The mucous membrane that surrounds the teeth
Combining form gingiv/o

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Salivary glands

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Groups of cells that secrete saliva
Combining forms are sialaden/o and sial/o

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The thraot

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The pharynx is the cavity in the caudal oral cavity that joins the respiratory and GI systems
Combining form pharyng/o

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The gullet

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The esophagus is a collapsible, muscular tube that leads from oral cavity to the stomach
Combining form is esophag/o

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The abdomen combining form

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Also known as abdominal cavity
Combining forms are abdomin/o and celi/o
Combining form for abdomen and flank is lapar/o

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The stomach

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A saclike organ that aids in digestion of food
Monogastric animals have one true glandular stomach
Ruminants have one true glandular stomach and three forestomachs

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Small intestine three sections

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Extends from pylorus to the large intestine
Three segments:
- duodenum: proximal part (duoden/i or duoden,o)
- Jejunum: middle part (jejun/o)
- Ileum: distal part (ille/o)

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Large intestine

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Extends form the ileum to the anus

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Segments of the large intestine and their combining forms

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Cecum: pouch that takes food from ileum (cec/o)
Colon: (col/o)
Rectum: caudal portion (rect/o)
Anus: caudal opening (an/o)
Anus and rectum together = proct/o

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Liver

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Located caudal to the diaphragm (hepat/o)

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Gallbladder combining forms

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Chol/e = bile
Cyst/o = sac
Cholecystic

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Pancreas combining forms

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Pancreat/o

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Prehension

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Food is grasped and collected in the oral cavity

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Mastication

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Breaks food into smaller pieces

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Deglutition

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Moves chewed food into the pharynx and then into the esophagus

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Peristalsis

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A series of wavelike contractions of smooth muscles

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Colonoscopy

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Endoscopic visual examination of the inner surface of the colon

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Aerophagia

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Swallowing air

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Cachexia

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General ill health and malnutrition

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Coprophagia

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Ingestion of fecal matter

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty swallowing or eating

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Emesis

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Eructation

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Malocclusion

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Abnormal contact b/w the teeth

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Polydipsia

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Excessive thirst or drinking

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Quidding

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Condition in which food is taken into the mouth and chews but falls from the mouth

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Trichobezoar

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Bolus

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Rounded mass of food or large pharmaceutical prep or to give something rapidly

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Emetic

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Producing vomiting

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Gastropexy

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Surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall

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Gavage

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Forced feeding or irrigation through a tube passed into the stomach

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Nasogastric intubation

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Placement of tube through the nose into the stomach

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Prognathia

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Having an elongated mandible

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Brachygnathia

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Having a shortened mandible

44
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BE

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Barium enema

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DA

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Displaced abomasum

46
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EPI

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Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency

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GDV

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Gastric dilation volvulus

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GERD

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Gastroesophogeal reflux disease

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IBD

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Inflammatory bowel disease

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LDA

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Left displaced abomasum

51
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NG

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Nasogastric

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P

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PD

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Polydipsia

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PO

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RDA

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Right displaced abomasum

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TPN

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Total parental nutrition

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