Digestive System Vocabulary Flashcards
Mouth : or/o, stomat/o
begins preparation of food for digestion
Pharynx : phayrng/o
transports food from the mouth to the esophagus
Esophagus : esophag/o
transports food from the pharynx to the stomach
Stomach : gastr/o
breaks down food and mixes it with gastric juices
Small Intestine : enter/o
mixes chyme coming from the stomach with digestive juices to complete the digestion and absorption of most nutrients
Large Intestine : col/o, colon/o
Absorbs excess water, and prepares solid waste for elimination
Rectum & Anus : an/o, proct/o, rect/o
control the excretion of solid waste
Liver : hepat/o
secretes bile and enzymes, to aid in the digestion of fats
Gallbladder : cholecyst/o
stores bile, and releases it into the small intestine as needed
Pancreas : pancreat/o
secretes digestive juices and enzymes into the small intestine as needed
an/o
anus, ring
chol/e
bile, gall
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
col/o, colon/o
colon, large intestine
-emesis
vomiting
enter/o
small intestine
esophag/o
esophagus
gastr/o
stomach, belly
hepat/o
liver
-lithiasis
presence of stones
-pepsia
digest, digestion
-phagia
eating, swallowing
proct/o
anus & rectum
rect/o
rectum, straight
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
