Word Parts (Chapter 8) Flashcards
1
Q
or/o, stomat/o, stom
A
mouth, oral cavity
2
Q
pharyng/o
A
pharynx (throat)
3
Q
esophag/o
A
esophagus
4
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach, belly
5
Q
enter/o
A
small intestine (20 feet long, 1 inch diameter)
6
Q
col/o, colon/o
A
large intestine, colon
7
Q
an/o
A
anus, ring
8
Q
proct/o
A
rectum and anus
9
Q
append/o, appendic/o
A
appendix
10
Q
cheil/o
A
lips (labia)
11
Q
bucc/o
A
cheeks
12
Q
lingu/o, gloss/o
A
tongue
13
Q
hepat/o
A
liver (hepatic, pertaining to liver)
14
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
15
Q
pancreat/o
A
pancreas
16
Q
chol/e
A
bile or gall
17
Q
-emesis
A
vomitting
18
Q
-lithiasis
A
presence of stones
19
Q
-pepsia
A
digest, digestion
20
Q
-phagia
A
swallowing (deglutition)
21
Q
rect/o
A
rectum
22
Q
sigmoid/o
A
sigmoid colon
23
Q
lip/o
A
fat
24
Q
cyst/o
A
sac
25
-iasis
presence of formation of
26
-oid
like, resembling
27
dia-
through, complete
28
-ase
enzymes
29
sial/o
saliva
30
dent/i, dent/o, odont/i, odont/o
teeth
31
orth/o
straight
32
intestin
intestine
33
metabol
change
34
mastication
chewing
35
xer/o
dry
36
-plakia
plaque
37
gingiv
gums
38
pept
digestion
39
hiat
opening
40
mal-
bad or poor
41
continuous, excessive hunger
bulimia
42
de-
removal
43
hydra-
water
44
diverticul
diverticulum
45
intussuscept
to take up or to receive within
46
inguin
groin
47
steat/o
fat
48
cirrh
yellow or orange
49
cholang
bile duct
50
-lithiasis
presence of stones
