Chapter 6- Digestive System Flashcards by chelsea mcvay

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appendic/o

A

appendix

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chol/e

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Bile, gall

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cholecyst/o

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Gallbladder

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choledoch/o

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Bile duct

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col/o, colon/o

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colon

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dent/o, odont/o

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Teeth

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duoden/o

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duodenum (first part of small intestine)

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Enter/o

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Intestine (usually small intestine)

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Esophag/o

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Esophagus

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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, lingu/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 (third part of small intestine)

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jejun/o

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Jejunum (second part of the small intestine)

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or/o, stomat/o

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Mouth

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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proct/o

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Anus, rectum

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ptyal/o , sial/o

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Saliva, salivary gland

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rect/o

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Rectum

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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aer/o

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Air

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carcin/o

A

cancer

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cirrh/o, jaund/o

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Yellow

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corpor/o

Body

hemat/o , hem/o

Blood

Lith/o

Stone, calculus

myc/o

Fungus

nas/o

Nose

orth/o

Straight

polyp/o

Small growth

son/o

Sound

therm/o

Heat

tom/o

To cut

tox/o, toxic/o

Poison

-ectomy

Excisions, removal

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhaphy

Suture

-stomy

Forming an opening (mouth)

-tome

Instrument to cut

-tomy

Incision

-algia, -dynia

Pain

-emesis

Vomiting

-gram

record, writing

-graphy

Process of recording

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

-itis

Inflammation

-lith

Stone, calculus

-logist

Specialist in the study of

-logy

Study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

Resembling

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-pepsia

Digestion

-phagia

Swallowing, eating

-rrhea

Discharge, flow

-scope

Instrument for examining

-scopy

Visual examination

-spasm

Involuntary contraction, twitching

-stenosis

Narrowing, stricture

-tripsy

crushing

-al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic

Pertaining to

-ia, -ice

Condition

-ist

Specialist

-y

Condition, process

ab-

From, away from

Dia-

Through, across

dys-

Bad, painful, difficult

endo-

In, within

epi-

Above, upon

extra-

Outside

hyper-

excessive, above normal

hypo-

Under, below, deficient

peri-

Around

sub-

Under, below

ultra-

excess, beyond