Digestive system Flashcards
antr-
antroscopy
antrum
an-
anal
anus
appendic-, appendix
appendicitis
appendix
bili-
biligenic
bile
caec-
caecorrhaphy
caecum
diverticul-
diverticulosis
diverticulum
*di-apart, vertere-to turn aside
*small sac forming in the walls of an organ
-doch-
sialodochitis
duct
duoden-
duodenal
duodenum
*First 25cm part of the small intestine immediately below the stomach
* Also means 12 each
faec-
faecaloid
ecrement
geus-, geust-
hyergeusia
taste
gingiv-
gingivalgia
gum (mouth)
gloss-
glossodynia
tongue
helmint-, helminth-
helminthic
worm (intestine)
*worm-like parasite
ile-
ileorectal
ileum
*to roll
jejun-
jejunotomy
jejunum
*empty
cly-, clys-
clysis
rinse oout, inject fluid
copr-
coprolith
excrement
-creas, creat-
pancreatography
flesh
*pancreas-all flesh
lien-
lienocele
spleen
mes-
mesentritis
mesentry
nemat-
nematoid
worn (thread)
oesophag-
oesophagospasm
oesophagus
osm-
osmology
sense of smell, odour
osphr-
osphretic
sense of smell
palat-
palatine
palate
peps-, pept-
peptic
digest
polyp
vascular polyp
polyp
*mass of tissue that bugles
*Greek-many footed
proct-
proctoscope
anus
*Syn: an-
pyle-
pylephlebitis
portal vein
pylor-
pyloric
pylorus (gatekeeper)
rect-
rectal
rectum
*straight
sial-
sialogenous
saliva, salivery duct
sigm-
sigmoidopexy
sigmoid colon
*last part of colon before ends at rectum
scat
scatoma
excrement
*Syn:copr
sphincter-
sphincteric
sphincter muscle
*circular mucles that circles the duct/tube
splanchn-
splanchnodynia
internal organ
typhil-
typholomegaly
caecum
*Syn: caec
uvul-
uvular
uvula
*hanging bunch of grapes
viscer-
visceral
internal organ
*Syn: splanchn