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Digestive System Flashcards

1
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An/o

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Anus

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Append/o

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Appendix

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Appendic/o

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Appendix

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Bucc/o

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Cheek

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Cec/o

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Cecum

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Celi/o

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Belly, abdomen

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Cheil/o

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Lip

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Cholecyst/o

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Gallbladder

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Choledoch/o

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Common bike duct

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Col/o

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Colon

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Colon/o

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Colon

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12
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Dent/I

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Tooth

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Duoden/o

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Duodenum

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Enter/o

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Intestines

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Esophag/o

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Esophagus

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Faci/o

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Face

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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

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Tongue

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Ile/o

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Ileum

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Jejun/o

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Jejunum

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Labi/o

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Lip

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24
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Lapor/o

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Abdomen

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Lingu/o

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Tongue

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Mandibul/o

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Mandible

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Odont/o

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Tooth

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Or/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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Peritone/o

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Peritoneum

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Pharyng/o

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Throat

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Proct/o

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Anus and rectum

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Pylor/o

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Pyloric sphincter

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Rect/o

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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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Stomat/o

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Uvul/o

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Amyl/o

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Bil/I

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Gall, bile

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Bilirubin/o

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Bilirubin (bile pigment)

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Chol/e

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Gall, bile

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Chlorhydr/o

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Hydrochloric acid

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Gluc/o

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Glyc/o

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Glycogen/o

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Lip/o

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Fats, lipid

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Lith/o

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Prote/o

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Py/o

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Sial/o

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Saliva, salivary

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Steat/o

54
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-ase

55
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-chezia

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Defection, elimination of wastes

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-iasis

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Abnormal condition

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-prandial

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-ectasis

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Dilation, widening

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-ectasia

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Dilation, widening

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-emesis

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-pepsia

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-phagia

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Eating, swallowing

63
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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-ptysis

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-rrhage

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Bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhagia

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Bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhaphy

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction of muscles

70
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-stasis

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Stopping, controlling

71
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-stenosis

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Narrowing, tightening

72
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-tresia

73
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Pt and bt for kidney?

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Pt = ren/o
Bt = nephr/o
74
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Pt and bt for brain?

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Pt = cerebr/o
Bt = encephal/o
75
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Pt and bt for vein?

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Pt = ven/o
Bt = phleb/o
76
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Pt and bt for tongue?

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Pt = lingu/o
Bt = gloss/o
77
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Pt and bt for lip?

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Pt = labi/o
Bt = cheil/o
78
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Pt and bt for bile?

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Pt = bil/i
Bt = chol/e
79
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Pt and bt for tooth?

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Pt = dent/i
Bt = ondont/o
80
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What is the rule using -stomy?

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With 1 cf = opening to outside

With 2 cf = new connection between the 2

81
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What is an anastomosis?

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Ana- = up
Stom/o = mouth/opening
-osis = condition
= creating an opening between 2 structures

82
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What is anastomosis the same as?

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Using -stomy with 2 cf

83
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Use anastomosis and -stomy with intestines and colon

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1- enterocolostomy

2- enterocolonic anastomosis

84
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What is lithiasis, lithotomy and lithotripsy?

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Lithiasis = condition of having a stone 
Lithotomy = incision to remove a stone 
Lithotripsy = to treat lithiasis by crushing the stone
85
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What is emetic?

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Agent that induces vomiting

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