Digestive Flashcards
Mouth or/o
Opening at beginning of digestive system
Pharynx, phoryngl/o
Throat
Esophagus, esophag/o
Tube that carries food to the stomach
Stomach, gastr/o
Organ that receives food from esophagus and sends to intestine
Duodenum, duoden/o
1st part of small intestine
Jejunum, jejun/o
2nd part of small intestine
Ileum, ile/o
3rd part of small intestine
Colon, col/o or colon/o
Large intestine
Sigmoid colon, sigmoid/o
S shaped lower portion of large intestine
Rectum, rect/o or proct/o
Final section of colon
Anus, an/o
Opening of colon to outside of the body
Appendix, append/o
Small sac that hangs from beginning of large intestine
Liver, hepat/o
Organ that makes bile, stores sugar, and produces proteins to clot blood
Gallbladder, cholecyst/o
Sac that stores bile
Common bile duct
Tube that carries bile from liver to gallbladder