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digestive system Flashcards

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omni

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all every

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herbi

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plant, green crop

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carni

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flesh, meat

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-vore

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eat, devour, swallow

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peps/o, pept/o

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digestion

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prehension

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gathering food, grasping, seizing it

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mastication

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mechanical digestion, chewing to break food into small particles

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digestion

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chemical or microbial breakdown of food particles into simple chemical compounds that can be absorbed and used by the body

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absorption

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movement of nutrients and water into the body

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defecation

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getting rid of feces, the leftover waste material of the digestive system

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brachy

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short

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-ptysis

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spitting

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or/o, stom/o, stomat/o

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mouth

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phag/o

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eat

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prandi/o

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meal

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aliment/o

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food

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dips/o

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thirst

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cheil/o, labi/o

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lip

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gingiv/o

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gums, gingiva

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palat/o

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palate, rood of the mouth

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dent/o, dont/o, odont/o,

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teeth

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hyps/o

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height, altitude

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bucc/o

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cheek

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gloss/o, lingu/o

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tongue

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sial/o, ptyal/o

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saliva, salivary gland

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esophag/o

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esophagus, gullet

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rumen/o, rumin/o

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rumen, first compartment of the forestomach

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reticul/o

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reticulum, the second compartment

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omas/o

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omasum, the third compartment

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gastr/o

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stomach in simple stomached animals

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abomas/o

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stomach in ruminants

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pylor/o

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pylorus, region of the stomach that connects to the small intestine

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lapr/o

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abdominal wall, flank

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enter/o

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intestines in general

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duoden/o

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duodenum, first segment of the small intestine

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jejun/o

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jejunum, second segment of the small intestine

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ile/o

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ileum, last segment of the small intestine

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col/o

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colon, the major portion of the large intestine

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39
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colon/o

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colon

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cec/o

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cecum, blind pouch located at the junction of the ileum and colon

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rect/o

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rectum, the most caudal end of the large intestine

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proct/o

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rectum

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an/o

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anus, the caudal opening of the GI which waste material is eliminated

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44
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copr/o

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feces

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hepat/o

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liver

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chol/e

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bile. gallbladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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pancreat/o, pancre/o

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pancreas

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oment/o

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omentum

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monogastric digestion

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mouth-pharynx-esophagus-stomach-duodenum-jejunum-ileum-colon-rectun-anus

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equine digestion

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mouth-pharynx-esophagus-stomach-duodenum-jejunum-ileum-cecum-colon-rectum-anus

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ruminant digestion

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mouth-pharynx-esophagus-reticulorumen-esophagus-pharynx- mouth, pharynx-esophagus-reticulorumen-omasum-abomasum-duodenum-jejunum-ileum-cecum-colon-rectum-anus

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antrum

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cavity within a structure

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borborygmus

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rumbling noise that gas makes as it moves through the stomach and intestine

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bowel

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another name for the intestines

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cachexia

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generalized wasting of the body as a result of disease

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chyme

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semifluid mass of partially digested food that enter the small intestine from the stomach

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cud

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portion of partially digested food that ruminant return to the mouth for further mastication before sending it to the omasum

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deciduous

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temporary teeth, known as baby teeth

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enzyme

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protein produced by living cells that initiates digestion

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eructation

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burp, ruminant use to get rid of fermentation gases

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flatus

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intestinal gas produced by the action of bacteria

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ingest

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to take into the body

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ingesta

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ingested material, especially food taken into the body via the mouth

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melana

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passing dark tarry feces containing blood that has been acted upon by bacteria in the intestines

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occlusion

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the way the upper and lower teeth line up against each other

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paralumbar fossa

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the dorsal area of the flank, triangular

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peristalsis

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progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of the smooth muscles in the wall of the GI tract to move food through

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reflex

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automatic unthinking reaction or behavior

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relapse

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to fall back into a disease state after an apparent recovery

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retrograde

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inverted, reversed, backward, recede, deteriorate

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rumination

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bringing ingesta from the reticulorumen back to the mouth followed by remastication and reswallowing

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sphincter

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a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an opening of the body or one of its hollow organs

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viable

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capable of living, workable, capable of being done

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hypsodont

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high teeth, consist of a body encased in enamel and a root embedded in a jawbone

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brachydont

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short teeth, consist of a crown encased in enamel, a neck, and a root permanently embedded in a jawbone

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incisor

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rostral teeth, used for grasping food,

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canine

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used for tearing food

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premolar

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used to tear and cut food

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wolf teeth

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extra premolar in horses

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molar

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used for grinding food

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prognathism

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lower jaw protrudes further out rostral than the upper jaw

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brachygnathism

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upper jaw protrudes further out rostral than the lower jaw

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visceral peritoneum

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thin membrane covering organs in the abdomen

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parietal peritoneum

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continues with visceral and lines the abdominal and pelvic cavities

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omentum

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visceral peritoneum of the stomach extends into a double lay flat sheet, positioned over the stomach and other organs

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mesentery

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digestive tract is suspended in the peritoneal cavity by fused double layers of peritoneum

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pre

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before

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mal

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diseased, bad, abnormal

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-orexia

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appetite, desire

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-rrhea

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flow, flowing

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-ase

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enzyme

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-lith

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stone

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-iasis

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pathological condition

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-ptosis

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downward, drooping

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-cele

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protrusion, hernia

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amyl/o

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starch

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sacchar/o, glyc/o

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sugar

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gluc/o

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glucose

100
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steat/o, lip/o

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fat

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lith/o

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stone

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herni/o

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hernia

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chyl

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chyle

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amylase

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produced in pancreas, breaks down polysaccharides

105
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pepsin

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produced in stomach, break down protein

106
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protease

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produced in pancreas, breaks down protein

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lipase

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produced in pancreas, breaks down fat

108
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bile

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produced in the liver, breaks down fat

109
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equine colic

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symptom not a disease, condition of abdominal pain often caused by an intestinal or by infection

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ruminant bloat

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over distention of the reticulorumen due to trapped gas

111
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ruminant grain overload

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results from eating to much grain

112
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ruminant traumatic reticuloperitonitis

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hardware disease, ingesting foreign objects that can get caught in reticulum and pentrate the wall

113
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canine bloat

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gastric dilation volvulus life threatening emergency situation seen in large deep chested dogs, caused by torsion of the stomach clockwise at the distal esophagus

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canine and feline inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

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group of GI disease characterized by chronic inflammation

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