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Chapter 6: Digestive System Flashcards

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digestive system consists of

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oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon

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accessory organs of digestive system

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liver, gallbladder, pancreas

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pyloric sphincter

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allows chyme in stomach to pass into small intestine

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parts of small intestine

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duodenum, jejunum, ileum

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villi

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projections in small intestine that absorb nutrients into bloodstream

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liver

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makes blood proteins, destroys old RBCs, removes toxins from blood, creates bile for fat digestion, stores and releases glycogen

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gall bladder

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stores and releases bile from liver

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pancreas

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produces enzymes for digestion; secretes insulin and glucagon

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or/o, stomat/o

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mouth

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dent/o, odont/o

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teeth

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gloss/o, lingu/o

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tongue

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gingiv/o

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gums

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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pharyng/o

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pharynx

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splen/o

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spleen

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hepat/o

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liver

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gastr/o

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stomach

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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19
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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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chol/e

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bile, gall

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choledoch/o

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bile duct

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duoden/o

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jejun/o

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ile/o

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enter/o

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small intestine

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col/o, colon/o

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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rect/o

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an/o

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proct/o

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anus, rectum

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dia/rrhea

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discharge, flow through

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an/orexia

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without appetite

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dys/phagia

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swallowing or eating that is painful/difficult

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post/prandial

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after a meal

35
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sub/lingu/al

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below the tongue

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hemat/emesis

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vomiting blood

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pancreat/oma

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tumor of pancreas

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hepato/megaly

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enlarged liver

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enter/o/pathy

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disease of small intsetion

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appendicitis

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inflammation of appendix, usually due to obstruction or infection; pain in RLQ at McBurney’s point

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sudden spontaneous relief of pain in RLQ indicates

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rupture appendix

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diverticulitis

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acute inflammation of diverticular, pain in LLQ

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cholelithiasis

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formation or presence of gallstones in gallbladder and bile duct, pain in RUQ

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ascites

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abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity

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dysentery

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inflammation of intestine (colon) maybe caused by irritants, bacteria, protozoa, parasites

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fistula

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abnormal passage from one organ to another or from hollow organ to surface

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hemorrhoid

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mass of enlarged twisted varicose veins in mucous membrane or just outside rectum (piles)

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polyp

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small tumorlike benign growth that projects from mucous membrance surface

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volvulus

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twisting of bowel on itself, causing obstruction

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UGIS

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upper gastrointestinal series - radiographic images of esophagus, stomach, small intestine after oral ingestion of barium

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UGIS used to

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identify ulcers, tumors, obstructions

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lower gastrointestinal series

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radiographic images of rectum and colon after barium enema

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antacids

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counteract or neutralize acidity

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antiematics

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control nausea and vomiting

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