Digestive System Flashcards
1
Q
bucc/o
A
cheek
2
Q
cheil/o, labi/o
A
lip
3
Q
palat/o
A
hard & soft palate
4
Q
uvul/o
A
uvula
5
Q
gloss/o, lingu/o
A
tongue
6
Q
tonsill/o
A
tonsil
7
Q
gingiv/o
A
gum
8
Q
dent/i, odont/o
A
teeth
9
Q
an/o
A
anus
10
Q
append/o
A
appendix
11
Q
cec/o
A
cecum
12
Q
celi/o
A
belly, abdomen
13
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
14
Q
choledoch/o
A
common bile duct
15
Q
col/o, colon/o
A
colon
16
Q
duoden/o
A
duodenum
17
Q
enter/o
A
intestines (usually small intestine)
18
Q
esophag/o
A
esophagus
19
Q
faci/o
A
face
20
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
21
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
22
Q
ile/o
A
ileum
23
Q
jejun/o
A
jejunum
24
Q
lapar/o
A
abdomen
25
mandibul/o
lower jaw, mandible
26
or/o
mouth
27
palat/o
palate
28
pancreat/o
pancreas
29
peritone/o
peritoneum
30
pharyng/o
throat
31
proct/o
anus & rectum
32
pylori/o
pyloric sphincter
33
rect/o
rectum
34
sialaden/o
salivary gland
35
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
36
stomat/o
mouth
37
amyl/o
starch
38
bil/i, chol/e
gall, bile
39
bilirubin/o
bilirubin (bile pigment)
40
chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
41
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar
41
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
42
lip/o
fat, lipid
43
lith/o
stone
44
prote/o
protein
45
py/o
pus
46
sial/o
saliva, salivary
47
steat/o
fat
48
-ase
enzyme
49
-chezia
defecation, elimination of wastes
50
-iasis
abnormal condition
51
-prandial
meal
52
-ectasis, -ectasia
dilation (dilatation), widening
53
-emesis
vomiting
54
-pepsia
digestion
55
-phagia
eating, swallowing
56
-plasty
surgical repair
57
-ptysis
spitting
58
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
59
-rrhaphy
suture
60
-rrhea
flow, discharge
61
-spasm
involuntary contraction of muscles
62
-stasis
stopping, controlling
63
-tresia
opening
