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Digestive Flashcards

1
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append/o

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appendix

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appendic/o

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appendix

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bucc/o

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cheek

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cec/o

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cecum

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celi/o

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belly, abdomen

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cheil/o

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lip

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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col/o

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colon

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dent/i

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tooth

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duoden/o

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duodenum

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12
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enter/o

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intestines

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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faci/o

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face

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gingiv/o

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gums

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gloss/o

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tongue

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hepat/o

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liver

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19
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ile/o

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ileum

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20
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jejun/o

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jejunum

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21
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labi/o

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lip

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22
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lapar/o

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abdomen

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23
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lingu/o

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tongue

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mandibul/o

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mandible, lower jaw

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25
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odont/o

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tooth

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26
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or/o

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mouth

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27
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palat/o

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palate

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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pharyng/o

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throat

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proct/o

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anus and rectum

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32
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pylor/o

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pyloric sphincter

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rect/o

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rectum

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sialaden/o

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salivary gland

35
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sial/o

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saliva

36
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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

37
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stomat/o

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mouth

38
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uvul/o

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uvula

39
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amyl/o

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starch

40
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bil/i

A

gall, bile

41
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bilirubin/o

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bilirubin (bile pigment)

42
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chol/e

A

gall, bile

43
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gluc/o

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sugar

44
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glyc/o

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sugar

45
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glycogen/o

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glycogen, animal starch

46
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lip/o

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fat, lipid

47
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lith/o

A

stone

48
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prote/o

A

protein

49
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py/o

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pus

50
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steat/o

A

fat

51
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-ase

A

enzyme

52
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-chezia

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defecation, elimination of waste

53
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-iasis

A

abnormal condition

54
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-prandial

A

meal

55
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-ectasis, -ectasia

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dilation, widening

56
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-emesis

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vomiting

57
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-pepsia

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digestion

58
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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

59
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-plasty

A

surgical repair

60
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-ptysis

A

spitting

61
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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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bursting forth (of blood)

62
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-rrhaphy

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suture

63
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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

64
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-spasm

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involuntary contraction of muscles

65
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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

66
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-stenosis

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narrowing, tightening

67
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-tresia

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opening

68
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occult

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hidden

69
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GERD

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gastroesophageal reflux disease

70
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parenteral nutrition

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IV nutrition, directly into bloodstream, not involving intestines

71
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anorexia

A

lack of appetite

72
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anorexia nervosa

A

loss of appetite associated with emotional problems, eating disorder

73
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ascites

A

abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

74
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borborygmus

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rumbles and gurgles produced by moving gas and/or fluid in GI tract

75
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dysphagia

A

difficulty swallowing

76
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eructation

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belching

77
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flatus

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“passing gas”

78
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hematochezia

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passing bright red blood in stool

79
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melena

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black, tarry stools, containing digested blood

80
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hernia

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protrusion of part of an organ through the muscles normally containing it

81
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cholelithiasis

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gallstones in the gallbladder

82
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hepatitis

A

inflammation of the liver, caused by virus

83
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cholangiography

A

x-ray of biliary system with contrast

84
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an/o

A

anus

Language of Medicine (18 decks)

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