Digestive System Flashcards by Roan Bresnahan

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adenoid/o

A

adenoids

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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cheil/o

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lip

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or/o, stomat/o

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mouth

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dent/o, odont/o

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teeth

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gloss/o, lingu/o

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tongue

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maxill/o, mandibul/o

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jaw

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gingiv/o

A

gums

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sial/o

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saliva

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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pharyng/o

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pharynx, throat

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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gastr/o

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stomach

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pylor/o

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pylorus

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abdomin/o, lapar/o

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abdomen

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enter/o, intestin/o

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small intestine

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duoden/o

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duodenum

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jejun/o

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jejunum

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ile/o

A

ileum

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cec/o

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cecum

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col/o, colon/o

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colon

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append/o, appendic/o

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appendix

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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rect/o

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rectum

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an/o

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anus

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proct/o

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rectum/anus

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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chol/e, chole-

A

gall, bile

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choledoch/o

A

bile duct

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cholangi/o

A

bile vessel

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hepat/o

A

liver

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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aer/o

A

air

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carcin/o

A

cancer

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dips/o, -dipsia

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thirst

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doch/o

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duct

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herni/o

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hernia

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lith/o, -lith

A

stone

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muc/o

A

mucus

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myc/o

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fungus

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therm/o

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heat

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tox/o, toxic/o

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poison

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dia-

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through

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dys-

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bad/ difficult

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-emesis

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vomit

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-emia

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blood

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-iasis, -osis

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abnormal condition

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-ptosis

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prolapse, displacement

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-phagia

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eat or swallow

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-phasia

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speech

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-spasm

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involuntary twitching

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-stenosis

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narrowing

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-scope

A

instrument

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-scopy

A

viewing

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-stomy

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form a new opening

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-ectomy

A

surgical removeal

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-tomy

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incision

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-pexy

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fixation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

A

suture