chapter 7 Flashcards
Absorpt/o
To take in
Aden/o
Gland
Amyl/o
Starch
Anabol/o
Building-up
Append/o
Appendix
Bil/i
Gall, bile
Bucc/o
Cheek
Catabol/o
Casting down
Celi/o
Abdomen, belly
Cheil/o
Lip
Chol/e
Gall, bile
Choledoch/o
Common bile duct
Cirrh/o
Orange-yellow
Col/o
Colon
Colon/o
Colon
Cyst/o
Bladder
Dent/o
Tooth
Diverticul/o
Diverticula
Duoden/o
Duodenum
Enter/o
Intestine
Esophage/o, esophag/o
Esophagus
Gastr/o
Stomach
Gingiv/o
Gums
Gloss/o
Tongue
Glyc/ o
Sweet, sugar
Halit/o
Breath
Hemat/o
Blood
Hemorrh/o
Vein liable to bleed
Hepat/o
Liver
Herni/o
Hernia
Ile/o
Ileum
Labi/o
Lip
Lapar/o
abdomen
Lingu/o
Tongue
Mes/o
Middle
Odont/o
Tooth
Pancreat/o
Pancreas
Pept/ o
To digest
Pharyng/e, pharyng/o
Pharynx
Pil/o
Hair
Prand/i
Meal
Proct/ o
Anus and rectum
Pylor/o
Pylorus, gatekeeper
Rect/o
Rectum
Sial/o
Saliva, salivary
Sigmoid/ o
Sigmoid
Splen/o
Spleen
Stomat/o
Mouth
Verm/i
Worm
Constipat
To press together
Eme
To vomit
Laxat
To loosen
Log
Study
Masticat
To chew
nid
Nest
Paralyt
To disable, paralysis
Volvul
To roll
Absorption
process by which nutrient material is transferred from the gastrointestinal tract into the bloodstream or lymph
Amylase
enzyme that breaks down starch. Ptyalin is a salivary amylase and amylopsin is a pancreatic amylase
Anabolism
building up of body substances in the constructive phase of metabolism
Anorexia
lack of appetite, decreased desire for food