mod 11 Flashcards
enter/o
intestine
or/o stomat/o
mouth
proc/to rect/o
rectum
abdomin/o celi/o lapar/o
abdomen
cheil/o
lip
cholangi/o
bile duct
chol/e
gall bile
choledoch/o
common bile duct
gloss/o lingu/o
tongue
-pepsia
digestion
adhesion
abnormal growing together of two surface normally separated
crohn disease
chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract usually affeceting the ilieum and colon
hemochromatosis
iron metabolism disorder the occurs when too much iron is abdsored from food can cause heart failure
intussusception
telescoping of a segment of the intestines
volvulus
twisting or kinking of the intestine causing intestinal obstruction
vagotomy
cutting of vagus nerve
ascites
abnormal collection of fluid in the peritoneal cavity
dysentery
disorder of inflame of intestines
emesis
vomitting
gastric lavage
washing out of stomach
gavage
feeding person through nasogastric tube
hwmatochezia
passage of bloody feces
melena
black tarry stool contains blood
stoma
opening between organ and surface of body