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Digestive System 8/1 Flashcards

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Gastr/o

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Stomach, belly

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Or/o

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Mouth, oral cavity

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-emesis

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Vomiting

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An/o

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Anus, ring

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Col/o

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Colon, large intestine

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Rect/o

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Rectum, straight

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Bolus

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A mass of masticated food ready to be swallowed

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Fecal

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Pertaining to feces

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Incontinent

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Unable to control the bladder or bowel

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Nausea

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An inclination to vomit

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Varices

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Enlarged twisted veins

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Colostomy

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Incision of the colon for the purpose of making a more or less permanent opening

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Colon/o

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Colon, large intestine

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-pepsia

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Digest, digestion

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Sigmoid/o

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Sigmoid colon

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Chyme

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The mixture of partially digested food and digestive secretions found in the stomach and small intestines during digestion of a meal

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Peristalsis

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Progressive wavelike muscular movement that occurs involuntarily in the digestive system

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Impaction

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Collection of hardened feces in the rectum that cannot be expelled

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Stomat/o

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Mouth, oral cavity

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Enter/o

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Small intestine

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-phagia

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Eating,swallowing

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Chol/e

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Bile, gall

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-lithiasis

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Presence of stones

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Alimentary canal

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The intestinal tract from the esophagus to the rectum and accessory organs

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Defecate

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To pass stool or move bowels

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Villi

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Villi of the small intestine that absorb nutrients during the process of digestion

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Ascending

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Portion of the colon that ascends from the lower right quadrant to the upper right quadrant

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Pruritus ani

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Itching around anus

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Hydrochloric acid

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A digestive juice found in the stomach

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Cholecyst/o

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Gallbladder

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Proct/o

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Anus rectum

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Anus

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External opening of the anal canal

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Transverse

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Lying across; the segment of the large intestine that lies across the abdomen

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Flatus

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Intestinal gas

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