Digestive System Flashcards by Lianny Propest

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Alimento

A

To nourish

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Amylo-

A

Starch

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Append/o-

A

Appendage

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-ase

A

Enzyme

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Attrit/i-

A

Wearing out

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Bato-

A

Weight

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Bas/o-

A

Basic or at base

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Beri-

A

Weakness

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Bil/i-

A

Bile or gall

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Blenno-

A

Mucus

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Bol/o-

A

Lump or ball

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Brux-

A

Grinding

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Bulimo-

A

Hunger

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Cata-

A

Breakdown or down

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Cebo-

A

Meal or food

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Cec/o-

A

Blind pouch

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-cece

A

Navel

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Cement/o-

A

Hard

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Cholangio-

A

Bile duct

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Chole-

A

Bile or gall

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Cholecysto-

A

Gallbladder

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Choledocho

A

Gallbladder duct

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Cholera

A

Biliary acute diarrhea

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Chyme-

A

Juice

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Coel-

Hollow belly or cavity

Col/o-, Colon/o

Colon(big intestine)

Cord-

Vocal cords or cord

Cras/o-

Mixture

-creas

Fleshy or flesh

Cric/o-

Ring

Cusp

Point

De-

Away

Dent/o-

Tooth or teeth

Diverticulo

Outpouching

Doch/o-

Duct or canal

Dracuncul/o-

Little dragon

Duoden/o-

Twelve

Emac/I-

To grown thin

-emesis

Vomit

Enamel

Hard

Entero-

Intestine (usually small intestine)

Eruct/o-

Belching

Eso-

Toward

Fec/o-

Stool or fecal matter

Flat/o-

To blow

-flux

To flow

-form

Shaped, shape, form

Gastr/o-

Stomach

Gingiv/o-

Gum

Gloss/o-

Tongue

Glott/o-

Back of tongue

-glutition

To swallow

Gnath-

Jaw or cheek

Gout

A drop

Gust/o-

Tasting or to taste

Halit/o-

Breathe

Hepat/o-

Liver

Herni/o

Rupture or protrusion

Hiat-

An opening

-Hiscence

To gape open

Ile/o-

Twisted

Ilio-

Flank

IN-

Into or not

Inguin/o-

Groin

-IN

Substance or chemical

Jejuno-

To empty

Kali-

Potassium

Ket/o-

Sour or acid

Labio

Lip

-lalia

Talking

Lap/i-

Stone

Lingu-

Tongue

Lith/o-

Stone, rock

Logo-

Speech or words

Masset/o-

Chewer or to chew

Mastico

Chew

Megalo-

Huge or large

-mentum

Chin

Mes/o-

Middle

Mogi-

Difficult

Mol/o-

To mill or grind

Nutri/o-

To nourish

-o/rrhexis

Rupture or protrusion

Odonto

Tooth

Omphal/o-

Navel or umbilicus

Ora-

Mouth

-orexia

Appetite

Orth/o-

Straight, normal, correct

Palat/o

Palate, plate

Peps/o-

Digestión

Pharyng/o

Throat

Phas-, phraso-

Speech or speaking

-phthisis

Wasting

Prand/i-

Meal or breakfast

Proct/o-

Rectum or anus

Ptyal/o-

Saliva

-ptysis

Spitting or spit

Pyl/o-

Gatekeeper

Rect/o-

Rectum or straight

Rug/a-

Folds

Scato-

Dung or feces

Scurvy

To scratch

Sial/o-

Saliva or spit

Sigmoid/o-

S-shaped

Sphinct/o-

That which binds together

-stalsis

To contract

Sterco-

Stool, fecal matter

Stomat/o-

Mouth

-susception

To receive

Tonsill/o

Almond shaped

Trachy-

Rough

Typhl/o-

Blind pouch or first part of big colon

-ula

Small or lesser

Ulcer-

Sore

Ulo-

Gum

Uv-

Grape

Uve/o-

Grape

Uvul/o-

Grape

Valvul/o-

Tiny fold or small valve

Vill/i-

Shaggy hair

Vox

Voice