Common Terms and Word elements for the anatomy of a gastrointestinal system

Question 1

OR/O
(ō‐rō)

Answer 1

Mouth

Question 2

STOMAT/O
(stō‐măt‐ō)
STOM/O
(stō‐mō)

Answer 2

Mouth, outlet, opening

Question 3

DENT/O
(dĕn‐tō)

Answer 3

Tooth

Question 4

ODONT/O
(ō‐don‐tō)

Answer 4

Tooth

Question 5

LABI/O
(lā‐bē‐ō)

Answer 5

Lip

Question 6

CHEIL/O
(kī‐lō)
CHIL/O
(kī‐lō)

Answer 6

Lip

Question 7

BUCC/O
(bŭk‐ō)

Answer 7

Cheek

Question 8

MEL/O
(mĕl‐ō)

Answer 8

Cheek

Question 9

LINGU/O
(lĭng‐gwō)

Answer 9

Tongue

Question 10

GLOSS/O
(glos‐ō)
GLOTT/O
(glŏ‐tō)
‐GLOT
(glŏt)

Answer 10

Tongue

Question 11

GINGIV/O
(jĭn‐jĭ‐vō)

Answer 11

Gum

Question 12

OUL/O
(oo‐lō)

Answer 12

Gum

Question 13

GNATH/O
(năth‐ō)

Answer 13

Jaw

Question 14

MAXILL/O
(mak‐sil‐ō)

Answer 14

Maxilla

Question 15

MANDIBUL/O
(man‐dib‐yŭ‐lō)

Answer 15

Mandible

Question 16

PALAT/O
(păl‐ă‐tŏ)

Answer 16

Palate

Question 17

UVUL/O
(ū‐vyŭ‐lō)

Answer 17

Uvula

Question 18

STAPHYL/O
(staf‐ĭ‐lō)

Answer 18

Uvula, staphlycoccus bacteria, grape‐like

Question 19

TONSILL/O
(tŏn‐sĭl‐ō)

Answer 19

Tonsil

Question 20

SPLANCHN/O
(splangk‐nō)

Answer 20

Viscera (internal organs enclosed in a cavity, particularly the abdominal cavity)

Question 21

ESOPHAG/O
(ĕ‐sof‐ă‐gō)

Answer 21

Esophagus

Question 22

GASTR/O
(gas‐trō)
‐GASTER
(găs‐tĕr)

Answer 22

Stomach, belly

Question 23

ABDOMIN/O
(ab‐dom‐i‐nō)

Answer 23

Abdomen

Question 24

LAPAR/O
(lap‐ă‐rō)

Answer 24

Abdomen

Question 25

COEL/O
(sē‐lō)
KOIL/O
(koy‐lō)
CEL/O
(sē‐lō)
CELI/O
(sē‐lē‐ō)
‐COELE
(sēl)
‐CELE
(sēl)

Answer 25

Abdomen, cavity, hollow

Question 26

OMPHAL/O
(om‐fă‐lō)

Answer 26

Navel, umbilicus, center

Question 27

UMBILIC/O
(ŭm‐bil‐ĭ‐kō)

Answer 27

Navel, umbilical cord

Question 28

HEPAT/O
(hĕp‐ă‐tō)
HEPAR/O
(hep‐ă‐rō)

Answer 28

Liver
** HEPATIC/O = pertaining to the liver; hepatic vessels

Question 29

DOCH/O
(dō‐kō)

Answer 29

Duct, receptacle
**CHOLEDOCH/O = bile duct

Question 30

DUCT/O
(dŭk‐tō)

Answer 30

Duct, to draw, lead, or convey

Question 31

VESIC/O
(vĕ‐sĭ‐kō)
VESICUL/O
(vĕ‐sĭk‐ū‐lō)

Answer 31

bladder, blister

small blister, vesicle

Question 32

CYST/O
(sĭs‐tō)

Answer 32

Bladder, cyst, sac
**CHOLECYST/O = gall bladder

Question 33

PANCREAT/O
(păn‐krē‐ă‐tō)

Answer 33

Pancreas

Question 34

HIAT/O
(hī‐āt‐ō)

Answer 34

An opening, gap (hiatus of the diaphragm)

Question 35

ENTER/O
(ent‐ĕ‐rō)

Answer 35

Intestine (usually the small intestine)

Question 36

INTESTIN/O
(in‐tes‐tĭn‐ō)

Answer 36

Intestine

Question 37

DUODEN/O
(dū‐ō‐dē‐nō)

Answer 37

Duodenum (first part of the small intestine)

Question 38

JEJUN/O
(jĕ‐joon‐ō)

Answer 38

Jejunum (second portion of the small intestine)

Question 39

ILE/O
(il‐ē‐ō)

Answer 39

Ileum (third portion of the small intestine)

Question 40

CEC/O
(sē‐kō)

Answer 40

Cecum (caecum)

Question 41

TYPHL/O
(tĭf‐lō)

Answer 41

Cecum (caecum), blindness

Question 42

APPEND/O
(ap‐ĕn‐dō)
APPENDIC/O
(ă‐pen‐dĭ‐kō)

Answer 42

Appendix (something hanging onto another part/body)

Question 43

COL/O
(kŏ‐lō)
COLON/O
(kō‐lŏ‐nō)

Answer 43

Colon

Question 44

SIGMOID/O
(sĭg‐moyd‐ō)

Answer 44

Sigmoid Colon

Question 45

PROCT/O
(prok‐tol‐ō)

Answer 45

Anus and Rectum

Question 46

AN/O
(ā‐nō)

Answer 46

Anus

Question 47

RECT/O
(rek‐tō)

Answer 47

Straight, rectum (the straight terminal part of the colon, intestinum rectum “straight intestine”)

Question 48

SPHINCTER/O
(sfĭngk‐tĕr‐ō)

Answer 48

Sphincter (ringlike muscle of an orifice)

Question 49

PYL/O
(pī‐lō)

Answer 49

Orifice, portal vein

Question 50

PYLOR/O
(pī‐lor‐ō)

Answer 50

Pylorus (portion of stomach that empties into the duodenum)

Question 51

CARDI/O
(kard‐ē‐ō)

Answer 51

The cardiac sphincter, heart

Question 52

MESENTER/O
(mĕs‐ĕn‐tĕr‐ō)

Answer 52

Mesentery

Question 53

PERITONE/O
(per‐it‐ŏ‐nē‐ō)
PERITON/O
(per‐it‐ŏ‐nō)

Answer 53

Peritoneum

Question 54

OMENT/O
(ō‐mĕn′tō)

Answer 54

Omentum