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Gastrointestinal System Flashcards

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alimentary canal

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the long tube in the body through which food passes after it is eaten

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anus

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Final sphincter in the GI tract

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appendix

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a worm-shaped pouch attached to the large intestine

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cecum

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firsts part of the large intestine

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colon

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aka large intestine

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defecation

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The process of releasing feces from the body. Bowel movement (BM)

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deglutition

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Swallowing

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digestion

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The breakdown of food

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esphagus

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A muscular, mucus-lined tube that extends from the throat to the stomach.

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gallbladder

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small sac found on the underside of the right lobe of the liver

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large intestine

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aka colon. Eliminates waste products from the body

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liver

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2 lobes form the liver. Filters and stores blood and forms bile, which emulsifies or mechanically breaks down fat into smaller particles so they can be chemically digested

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mastication

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Chewing

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oral cavity

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Food normally enters the body through the mouth and cavity.

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pancreas

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gland located in the upper left quadrant

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peristalsis

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is a radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles which propagates in a wave down a muscular tube, in an anterograde fashion

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pylorus

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a muscular valve that holds food in the stomach until it is ready for the next stage in the digestive process

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rectum

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Last straight part of the colon

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sigmoid colon

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S-shaped part of the large intestine

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small intestine

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The small intestine is a long, highly convoluted tube in the digestive system that absorbs about 90% of the nutrients from the food we eat

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stomach

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the internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the esophagus to the small intestine

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a-

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no, not, without

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dia-

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complete, through

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dys-

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abnormal bad

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endo-

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within

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peri-

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surrounding

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re-

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back

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-chezia

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condition of stools

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-ectomy

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removal, excision

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-flux

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flowing/ flow

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-itis

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inflammation

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

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-scopy

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process of viewing

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-stalis

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contraction

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-stomy

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new opening

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-tresia

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condition of an opening

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append/o, appendic/o

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appendix

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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co/o, colon/o

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colon

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dent/i, odont/o

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tooth

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enter/o

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small intestine

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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gastr/o

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stomach

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hemat/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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herni/o

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hernia

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or/o

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mouth, oral cavity

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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proct/o

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rectum and anus

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py/o

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pus

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pylor/o

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pylorus

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anastomosis

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New connection between two hollow structures

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appendicitis

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inflammation of the vermiform appendix

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barium enema

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lower gastrointestinal (GI) examination, is an X-ray examination of the large intestine

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cholecystectomy

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Surgical removal of the gallbladder

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colonoscopy

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Viewing the lining of the colon

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diarrhea

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Abnormal discharge of watery, semisolid stools

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diverticulosis

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Development of diverticula, pouches in the lining of small or large intestine

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dyspepsia

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aka Indigestion is a mild discomfort in the upper belly or abdomen,it occurs during or right after eating.

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dyshpagia

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Difficulty with swallowing that may be due to an obstruction or a motor disorder

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endoscopy

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internal visualization of the body with an instrument called an endoscope. Enters the GI tract through many different opening

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esophageal atresia

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Esophagus that ends in a blind pouch and therefore lacks and opening into the stomach

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gastroenteritis

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your stomach and intestines are irritated and inflamed

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gastroesophageal reflux disease GERD

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Flowing back, return of the contents of the stomach to the esophagus

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hermatemesis

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Vomiting of blood

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hematochezia

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Bright red, frank lower GI bleeding from the rectum that may originate in the distal colon. Bloody stools

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hemoccult test

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screening test which detects blood in the stool

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hemorrhoid

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Varicose vein in the lower rectum or anus

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hepatitis

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Inflammaton of the liver that is caused by an increasing number of viruses, alcohol, and drugs

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herniorrhaphy

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Hernia repair, suture of the hernia

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ileus

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Obstruction, lack of movement

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inguinal hernia

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Protrusion of a loop of intestine into the inguinal canal. May be indirect or direct

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melena

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Black, tarry stools caused by the presence of partially digested blood.

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periodontal disease

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Pathologic condition of the tissues surrounding the teeth

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polyp

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Benign growth that may occur in the intestines

80
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pyloric stenosis

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Condition in which the muscle between the stomach and the small intestine narrows or falls to open adequate to allow partially digested food into the duodenum

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pyorrhea

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Purulent discharge from the tissue surrounding the teeth, often seen with gingivitis

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