Module 9 Flashcards
scar
ul-
pancreas
pancreat-
splanchn-
viscera; the internal organs [collectively; refers to organs of digestion & some other internal organs: e.g. liver, pancreas, gall bladder]
esophag-
esophagus
hepat-
liver
troph-
nutrition; growth [in some contexts, in that it results from nutrition]
lev-
left; counter-clockwise
cavity [digestive or respiratory]
alve-, alveol- [Latin]
odont-
tooth; teeth
infer-
below
proliferation
-plasia
nutrit-
nutrition
act of rubbing
-tripsy, -tripsis
ventr- [non-anatomical]
front
or-
mouth
tip(s) (of things)
acr-
behind
retr-, poster- [PREPOSITIONAL ROOTS]
post- [PREFIX]
tel-
end; goal [nouns]
distant; at a distance [adj]
act of biting
phag-, -phagy, -phagia
stomach-
stomach
jejunum
jejun-
sinistr-
left
unchanging
hom-, home-, homoi-
palat-
palate [Latin]
extern-
outside
sphincter-
sphincter; circular muscle [which closes an orifice] [Greek]
large intestine
col-, colon-
food
bromat-, sit-
alveol-
tooth socket; socket; cavity
[Latin - alveolus actually any small cavity/ depression, usually air sacs or tooth socket]
heter-
different; other
cec-
cecum; first part of the large intestine (colon) [Greek]
at a distance
tel-, tele- [PREPOSITIONAL ROOTS]
epipl-
omentum; fatty membrane lining the abdominal cavity [Greek; omentum used to be called epiploom = “something floating on the surface”]
above
super-, supra- (rarely hyper-) (PREFIXES)
[NEVER elide supra-]
ALSO: super- [PREPOSITIONAL ROOT]
rectum
proct- [Greek for anus]
rect- [Latin for “straight” b/c rectum appears straight in animals, but inaccurate for humans]
choledoch-
common bile duct
append-
appendix [any structure ‘added on’ to a larger structure; particularly “the” appendix = organ projecting from cecum]
right [as opposed to left]
dextr- [PREPOSITIONAL ROOT]
duodenum
duoden- [Latin]
act of breaking (something) up
-clasis, -clasia
nearest [from the centre or point of reference]
proxim- [PREPOSITIONAL ROOT]
outside
ex-, exo-, ecto- [PREFIXES]
extern- [PREPOSITIONAL ROOT]
one that eats
-phage [usually cell, bacterium or virus, NOT human or animal]
-tripsis
act of crushing (or, of rubbing); friction
upper jaw
maxill-
-phagia
act of eating, chewing, biting, swallowing or devouring [distinct; use context]
cholang-
bile duct
height
acr-
act of swallowing
phag-, -phagy, -phagia
growth [nutritive process]
troph-, -trophy [=> atrophy, dystrophy = lack of growth or wasting away of tissues or structures]
lingu-
tongue; language
irrigation
-clysis
uvul-
uvula [Latin]
jejun-
jejunum
fever [not a term starting with ‘p’]
febr- [conn. vowel ‘i’]
ptyal-
saliva [Greek]
retr-
behind; backward
alimentary canal
enter- [Greek; usually means intestines]
esophagus
esophag-, oesophag-
stomat-
mouth [also means other mouth-like openings, similar in structure or function]
pancreat-
pancreas
cecum
cec-, caec- [Greek]
typhl- [Latin]
[all mean “blind” b/c cecum = 1st part of colon is blind pouch in animals]
-plasia
proliferation; growth; development [refers to (# of) cells/tissues]
adamant-
enamel [Greek]
super- [root]
above
enter-
intestines [Greek; may also refer to digestive tract or alimentary canal = mouth to anus]
act of crushing
-tripsy, -tripsis
growth [of size of cells/tissues]
troph-, -trophy
tongue
gloss-, lingu-
-schisis
act of splitting
circular muscle [which closes an (anatomical) orifice]
sphincter- [from Greek sphinx: in myth of Oedipus, he solves her riddle to get into Thebes & she strangles herself in distress]
ileum
ile-
back [as opposed to front]
dors- [PREPOSITIONAL ROOT]
rect-
rectum; anus; rectum & anus [Latin]
anomal-
irregular
fatty membrane lining the abdominal cavity
oment- [Latin]
epipl- [Greek, b/c used to be called epiploom = “something that floats on the surface” b/c ‘floated’ on viscera]
inside
intern-
hom- [not the people sense]
same; unchanging
bile bladder
cholecyst-
backward
retr- [PREPOSITIONAL ROOT]
yellowish plaque
ather- [Greek, from word for porridge b/c plaque build-up in arteries is lumpy & yellow]
nutrition [root]
troph-, nutri-, nutrit-
gums
ul-, gingiv-
distant
tel-, tele- [PREPOSITIONAL ROOTS]
mouth
stom-, stomat-, or-