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Digestive System Flashcards

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1
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an/o

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anus

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append/o, appendic/o

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appendix

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bil/i

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bile

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bucc/o

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cheek

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cec/o

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cecum (part of large intestine)

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cheil/o, labi/o

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lips

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chol/e

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bile, gall

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cholangi/o

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bile duct; bile vessel

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cholecyst/o

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gall bladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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col/o, colon/o

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colon, large intestine

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cyst/o

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cyst, sac, bladder

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dent/o, dent/i odont/o

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tooth, teeth

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divert/i

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turning aside

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duoden/o, duoden/i

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duodenum (part of small intestine)

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enter/o

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small instestine

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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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gingiv/o

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gums

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gloss/o, lingu/o

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tongue

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hepat/o

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liver

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ile/o

A

ileum (final portion of small intestine)

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jejun/o

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jejunum (middle portion of small intestine)

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lapar/o

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abdomen

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lith/o

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stone

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orex/i

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appetite

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or/o, stomat/o

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mouth

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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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peps/o, peps/i

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digest, digestion

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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pharyng/o

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pharynx, throat

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proct/o

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rectum and anus together

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pylor/o

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pylorus
lower portion of the stomach that connects to the small intestine

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rect/o

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rectum

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sial/o

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saliva

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sialaden/o

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salivary gland

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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steat/o, lip/o, adip/o

A

fat

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uvul/o

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little grape, uvula

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viscer/o

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internal organs

42
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-chalasia

A

relaxation

43
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-grade

A

to step up, to go

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-emesis

A

vomiting

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-lithiasis

A

presence of stones

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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-plakia

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patches

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-stalsis

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contraction

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anti-

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against

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endo-

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within

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meta-

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change, beyond

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Absorption

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The process whereby nutrient material is taken into the blood stream or lymph

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Ascites

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An accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity

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Cirrhosis

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A chronic degenerative liver disease characterized by changes in the lobes; parenchymal cells and the lobules are infiltrated with fat

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Defecation

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The evacuation of the material in the bowel

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Deglutition

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The act or process of swallowing

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Diarrhea

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Frequent or watery stools

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Emesis

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Vomiting

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Esophageal reflux

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A return or backward flow of gastric contents into the esophagus

62
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Halitosis

A

Bad breath

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Lavage

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To wash out a cavity

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Mastication

A

Chewing

65
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Melena

A

Black feces caused by the action of intestinal juices on blood

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