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Anorexia

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Lack of appetite

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Digestive system 
-mouth
Teeth
Salivary glands 
Pharynx
Esophagus
Stomach
Small intestine
Lg intestine
Liver
Gallbladder 
Pancreas
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  • mechanically breaks food apart
  • used in mastication
  • saliva to moisten food
  • common passageway for both respiration and Digestion
  • moves bolus by peristalsis down
  • reduces food to Digestible state
  • digestion and absorption take place chiefly in the small intestine
  • reabsorb water from the fecal material
  • changes glucose to glycogen
  • stores and concentrates bile that has been produce by the liver
  • secretes pancreatic juice into the small blend
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Appendectomy

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Surgical excision of appendix

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Appendicitis

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Inflammation of the appendix

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Biliary

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Pertaining to bile

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Celiac

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Pertaining to that abdomen

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Dysphagia

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Difficulty swallowing

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Hepatitis

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Inflammation of the liver

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Herniorrhaphy

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Surgical repair of a hernia

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Postprandial

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Pertaining to after meals

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Splenomegaly

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Enlargement of the spleen

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Sigmoidoscope

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An instrument used in a medical procedure to view the internal sigmoid colon

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Palate

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Roof of the mouth

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Small intestine is divided into three parts

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  • duodenum small
  • jejunum med
  • ileum lg
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Ileostomy

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The surgical creation of a new opening through the abdominal wall into the ileum

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Ileum

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The remaining 12 feet of tube in the stomach

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Absorption

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Process by which nutrients materials is transferred from the gastroinestinal tract to the bloodstream

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Bowel

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Intestine

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Buccal

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Literally means pertaining to the cheek

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Cholecystectomy

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Surgical excision of the gallbladder

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Cholecystitis

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Inflammation of the gallbladder

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Cirrhosis

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Chronic degenerative liver disease by changes in the lobes

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Colectomy

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Surgical excision of part of the colon

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Colonoscope

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Then lighted flexible instrument that means he used to be you think internal of the colon: during the colonoscopy

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Colonic

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Pertaining to the colon

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Colonstomy

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Literally means the creation of a new opening into the colon

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Crohn disease

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Chronic autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract

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Defecation

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Evacuation of the bowl

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Diarrhea

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Frequent passage of unformed watery stool

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Diverticulitis

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Inflammation of the diverticula in the colon (pouches in the wall of an organ) symptoms include pain fever chills cramping bloating constipation and diarrhea

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Dysentery

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and intestinal disease characterized by inflammation of the mucous membrane

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Emesis

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Vomiting

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Enteric

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Pertaining to the small intestine

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Enzyme

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Protein substance capable of causing rapid chemical changes and other substances without being changed itself

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Feces

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Body waste

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Flatus

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Literally means a blowing (gas)

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Gastrectomy

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Surgical excision of a part of or the whole stomach

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Gastric

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Pertaining to the stomach

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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd)

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conditions that occur when the muscles between the esophagus and the stomach, the lower esophageal shincter is weak or relaxes inappropriately allowing the stomach context back up

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Gavage

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To feed liquid or semiliquid food via a tube

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Halitosis

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Bad breath

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Hematemesis

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Vomiting of blood

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Hematochezia

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Passage of stools that contain red blood

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Hemorrhoid

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Mass of dilated tortuous vein in the anorectum; can be internal or external

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Hernia

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Abnormal protrusion of an organ or a part of an organ through the wall of the body cavity that normally contained

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Hypermesis

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Excessive vomiting

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Irritable bowel syndrome and

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Disorder that interferences with the normal function of the large intestine characterized by a group of symptoms including cramping a domino pain bloating constipation

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Labial

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Pertaining to the lip

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Laparotomy

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Surgical solution into the abdomen

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Lavage

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To wash out a cavity

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Lingual

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Pertaining to the tongue

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Malabsorption

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And in adequate absorption of nutrients from the intestinal track

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Pancreatitis

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Inflammation of the pancreas

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