Digestive System Flashcards
Largest abdominopelvic organ. Stores and modifies fat
LIVER
Upper part of the stomach
FUNDUS
Stones
LITH
Emesis
VOMITING
Sial
SALIVA
Process of chewing
MASTICATION
Cirrh
YELLOW
Which part of the colon is goes downward
DESCENDING COLON
Pouch at the proximal end of the large intestine
CECUM
Digestive tube from the mouth to the anus
ALIMENTARY CANAL
Pharyng
THROAT
Too much water gets absorbed and stool becomes hard and dry
CONSTIPATION
Determines color of bile
BILIRUBIN
Semi-liquid mass of food
CHYME
Incision or cut into
TOMY
Sharp localized pain, often relieved by eating and then the pain returns. Usually caused by H-pylori
PEPTIC ULCER
Gastr
STOMACH
Third or last part of the small intestine
ILEUM
Deciduous teeth
BABY TEETH
Ball-like mixture of food
BOLUS
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
HEARTBURN
When the food passes through the esophagus, it goes to which sphincter?
CARDIAC SPHINCTER
Inflammation of gall bladder
CHOLECYSTITIS
Removal of gallbladder
CHOLECYSTECTOMY
Which part of the colon goes across?
TRANSVERSE COLON
Gloss or Lingua
TONGUE
Rect
RECTUM
Stores bile
Gallbladder
Excessive gas
FLATULENCE
Which part of the colon goes upward?
ASCENDING COLON
Lower part of the stomach
PYLORUS
Inflammation of the liver
HEPATITIS
Wave-like motion that helps move food through the process of digestion
PERISTALSIS
Gall, bile
CHOLE
Wrinkles or folds in the stomach
RUGAE
Gingiv
GUMS
Enter
INTESTINE
Accessory structure of digestion. Produces insulin
PANCREAS
Inflammation of stomach and small intestine due to virus or bacteria
GASTROENTERITIS
Oro
MOUTH
Second part of the small intestine
JEJUNUM
Mid portion of the stomach and largest part of the stomach
BODY
Glyc
SUGAR
Dent
TOOTH
Eat, swallow
PHAG
Salivary amylase responsible for converting starches into sugars
PTYALIN
In order for food to travel to the small intestine, it must pass through which sphincter?
PYLORIC SPHINCTER
Protrusion of the stomach through the diaphragm and extending into the thoracic cavity
`HIATAL HERNIA
Abdominal pain, bloating and alteration in bowel activity. Usually diarrhea
IBS OR IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
Hepat
LIVER
First part of the small intestine
DUODENUM
Chronic inflammatory disease of the liver. Most cases due to heavy alcohol consumption
CIRRHOSIS
Inflammation of liver
HEPATITIS
Finger-like pouch on the exterior wall of the cecum
APPENDIX
Yellow to green substance produced by the liver
BILE
Inflammation of the pancreas
PANCREATITIS
Breaks down fat
LIPASE
Lipo
FAT
Laryng
VOICE BOX
Col
COLON