Digestive Flashcards
or/o
mouth
stomat/o, stom/o
mouth, outlet, opening
dent/o
tooth
odont/o
tooth
labi/o
lip
cheil/o, chil/o
lip
bucc/o
cheek
mel/o
cheek
lingu/o
tongue
gloss/o, glott/o, -glot
tongue
gingiv/o
gum
oul/o
gum
gnath/o
jaw
maxill/o
upper jaw, maxilla
mandibul/o
lower jaw, mandible
palat/o
palate
uvul/o
uvula
staphyl/o
uvula, staphlycoccus, bacteria, grape-like
tonsill/o
tonsil
splanchn/o
viscera (internal organs enclosed in a cavity, particularly the abdominal cavity)
esophag/o
esophagus
gastr/o, -gaster
stomach, abdomen
abdomin/o
abdomen
lapar/o
abdomen
celi/o
abdomen
omphal/o
navel, umbilicus, center
umbilic/o
navel, umbilical cord
hepat/o, hepar/o
liver
hepatic/o
pertaining to the liver; hepatic vessels
doch/o
duct, receptacle
choledoch/o
bile duct
duct/o
duct, draw, lead
vesic/o
bladder, vesicle
vesicul/o
small blister
cyst/o
bladder, cyst, sac
cholecyst/o
gall bladder
pancreat/o
pancreas
hiat/o
opening, gap (hiatus of the diaphragm)
enter/o
intestine
intestin/o
intestine
duoden/o
duodenum
jejun/o
jejunum
ile/o
ileum
cec/o
cecum (caecum), blind
typhl/o
cecum (caecum), blind
append/o, appendic/o
appendix (something hanging onto part/body)
col/o, colon/o
colon
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
proct/o
anus and rectum
an/o
anus
rect/o
rectum, straight
sphincter/o
spincter
pyl/o
orifice, portal vein
pylor/o
pylorus
cardi/o
cardiac sphincter, heart
mesenter/o
mesentery, middle of the intestines; membrane to which the intestines are attached
peritone/o, periton/o
peritoneum
oment/o
omentum; fat, fat skin
aliment/o
food
cib/o
food, meal
sit/o
food, grain
fruct/o
fruit, fructose
carp/o
fruit
lact/o
milk, lactose
galact/o
milk, galactose, galaxy
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar, glucose
sacchar/o
sugar
melit/o
honey, sugar, bees
amyl/o
starch
prote/o
protein, first, primary
albumin/o
albumin, protein
lip/o
fat
steat/o
fat, sebum
glutin/o
gluten, sticky, adhesive
zym/o, -zyme
enzyme, fermentation
-ase
enzyme
-ose
carbohydrate
phag/o
to swallow, eat
vor/o
to devour, eat
metabol/o
metabolism, change
pept/o
digestion
chol/e
bile
bil/i
bile
sial/o
saliva
saliv/o
saliva
chyl/o
chyle
chym/o
chyme
sterc/o, stercor/o
feces
copr/o
feces
scat/o
feces
fec/o
feces
-chezia
defecation
excret-
defecation
asc/o
sac, saclike
chalas/o, -chalasis
relaxation (of sphincter), slack
emet/o, -emesis
vomiting
nause/o, naut/o
nausea, ship, sailor, sailing
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
fistul/o
fistula, tube, pipe-like
syring/o, -syrinx
fistula, short tube, pipe-like
diverticul/o
diverticulum, bulges sticking from intestine
polyp/o
polyp
-cele
hernia, swelling, tumor
herni/o
hernia
cirrh/o
cirrhosis, yellow
icter/o
jaundice
volv/o
to roll
hemorrhoid/o
hemorrhoid, pile
flat/o
gas in the GI
halit/o
bad breath
ulcer/o
ulcer
aphth/o
ulcer of the mouth, thrush
-clysis
washing, lavage
lav/o, lut/o, lot/o
washing
enem/o
enema
cathart/o
evacuation (of the bowels)
lax/o, laxat/o
loosen, relax
plic/o, plicat/o
to fold, a fold
caus/o, caust/o, cauter/o
to burn, burnt
raphe, -ae (f.)
raphe,seam
dens, dentis (m.)
tooth
corona, -ae (f.)
crown
cuspis, cuspidis (f.)
cuspid
radix, radicis (f.)
root
tonsilla, -ae (f.)
tonsil
fauces, -ium (f.)
fauces (throat, gullet)
pharynx, pharyngis (f.)
pharyx (throat, gullet)
oesophagus, -i (m.)
esophagus
fundus, -i (m.)
fundus, part of organ farthest from opening
ruga, -ae (f.)
ruga (wrinkle)
pylorus, -i (m.)
pylorus (gatekeeper)
intestinum, -i (n.)
intestine
intestinus, -a, -um
inward, internal
durus, -a, -um
hard
mollis, -e
soft
intestinum tenuis
small intestine
intestinum crassus
large intestine
tenuis, -e
thin
crassus, -a, -um
thick
vermiformis, -e
vermiform (worm-shaped)
flexua, -ae (f.)
flexure (a bend)
vesica, -ae (f.)
bladder
cavitas, cavitatis (f.)
cavity
peritoneum, -i (n.)
peritoneum (part stretched over something)
viscera, -ae (f.)
viscera (internal organ; soft fleshy parts)
paries, parietis (m.)
wall
