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MedTemCP 5 Words and Pics

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Gastrointestinal(digestive)tract   Begins with the mouth, where food enters, and ends with the anus, where solid waste materials leaves the body. There are three functions of the system are degestive, absorption,and elimination.  
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Digestive   Complex food material taken into the mouth or broken down menchaninically and chemically.  
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Enzymes   Speed up chemical reactions and aid the breakdown of complex nutrients.  
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Amino acids   Complex proteins are digested to complicated sugars and are reduced to simple sugars.  
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Glucose   Simple sugar.  
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Trigkycerides   Large fat molecules composed of three parts of fatty acids and one part glycerol.  
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Fatty acids   Substance produced when fats are digestive.  
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Absorption   Digestive foods passes into the bloodstream through the walls of the small intestine.  
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Elimination   The solid waste materials that cannot be aborbed into the bloodstream.  
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Feces   Solid wastes.  
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Cheeks   Form the walls of the oval-shaped oral cavity and lips.  
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Lips   Surround the opening to the cavity.  
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Hard Palate   Forms the anterior portion of the roof of the mouth, and the muscular soft palate.  
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Soft Palate   Lies posterior to the hard palate  
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Rugae   Irregular ridges in the mucous membrane covering the anterior portion of the hard palate.  
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Uvula   A small soft tissue projection, hangs from the soft palate.  
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Tongue   Extends across the floor of the orval cavity, and muscles attach it to the lower jaw bone.  
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Mastication   Chewing  
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Deglutition   Swallowing  
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Papilae   Small raised areas on the tongue, contain taste buds.  
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Tonsils   Masses of lymphatic tissue located in depressions of the mucous membranes, lie on both sides of the oropharynx. They are fillters to protect the body of bacterua and produce lymphocytes.  
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Oropharynx   Part of the throat near the mouth.  
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Gums   The flesy tissue surrounding the sockets of the teeth.  
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Teeth   A dental arch with 16 permenent teeth in the entire oral cavity.  
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Orval cavity   Mouth  
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Incisor   One of four front teeth in the dental arch.  
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Canine   Pointed,"dog tooth" next to the incusors. Also called cuspids or eyeteeth.  
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Premolar   The fouth and fifth teeth, befire tge nolars  
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Molar   The sixth to the eigth teeth from the middle on the either side of the dental arch.  
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Labial Surface   surface for incisor and canine teeth, is nearest the lips.  
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Buccal Surface   Cheek premolar and molar teeth.  
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Facial   Both Labial and Buccal surfaces.  
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Ingual Surface   On the side of the tooth directly opposite the facial surface.  
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Medial Surface   A tooth lies nearer to the median line.  
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Distal   Lies farther grom the median line.  
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Occlusal   To close that comes in contact with a corresponding tooth in the opposing arch.  
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Incisal edge   Sharp edge.  
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Crown   Shows avove the gum line.  
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Root   Lies within the bony tooth socket.  
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Enamel   outmost protective layer of the crown, protects the tooth.  
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Dentin   Main substance of the tooth, lies beneath the enamel an etends thoughout the crown. And softer then enamel.  
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Cementum   covers, protects, and suports the dentin in the root.  
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Periodontal membrane   Surrounds the cementum and holds the tooth in place in the tooth socket.  
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Pulp   Lies underneath the dentin. This soft and delicate tissue fills the center if the tooth.  
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Root Canal   Blood vessels,nerve endings tissue, and lymphatic vessels are within the pulp canal.  
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Salivary glands   Surrounds the oral cavity, produce saliva.  
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Saliva   Contains important digestive enzymes as wekk as healing growth factors.  
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Enzymes   A chemical that speeds up a reaction between substances. They breakdown foods to simpler substances.  
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Parotid Gland   Salivart gland within the cheek, just anterior to the ear.  
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Submandibular Gland   Under teeth produce salvia.  
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Sublingual   Both sides of the mouth, connected to submandibular gland.  
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Pharynx   Throat, a muscuar tube about 5 inches long, lined with a mucous membrane. Passeway for both air and food.  
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Esophagus   Food tube connect to the stomach.  
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Deglutition   Swallowing.  
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Epiglottis   A flap of tissue close to block food from entering the Trachea. Open to breath.  
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Peristalsis   The progressive, rhythmic comtraction of muscles in the wall of the esophagus pronellinf a bolus toward the stomach.  
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Bolus   Mass of food.  
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Stomach   A Muscular organ that receives food from the esophagus.  
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Fundas   Upper portion of stomach.  
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Body   Middle section of stomach.  
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Antrum   Lower portion of stomach.  
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Sphincters   Rings of muscle control openings into and leading out of the stomach.  
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Lower Esophageal Sphincter(cardic sphincter)   Relaxes and contracts to move food from the esophagus into the stomach.  
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Pyloric sphincter   Allowers food to leave the stomach when it is ready.  
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Mucosa(Ruage)   Mucous membrane that is the lining of the stomach also caled rugae. It contains digestive glands that produce enzyme pepsin and hydrochloric acid.  
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Pepsin   To begin degestion of proteins.  
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Hydrochloric acid   Substance produced by the stomach, necessary for digestion of food.  
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Small Intestine(small bowel)   Entends for 20 feet from pyloric sphincter to the fist part of the large intestine.  
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Duodenum   Only a foot long, it receices food from the stomach as well as bile from the liver.  
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Bile   Digestive juice made in the liver and stored in the gallblader.  
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Liver   A large organ located in the RUQ of the abdomen. The liver produce bile, store sugar; iron; and vitamins, produce blood proteins, and destorys worn out blood red cells.  
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Gallbladder   Small sac under liver; stores bile.  
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Pancreas   Organ under the stomach; produces insulin and enzymes.  
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Jejunun   Second part of the small instines.  
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Ileum   About 11 feet king and attaches to the fist part of the large instine.  
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Villi   Millons of microscopic projections that line the walls of the small instines. They absorb the digested nutrients into the bloodstream.  
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Large Insestine   Extends from the end of the ileum to the amus.  
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Cecum   A pouch on the right side that connects to the ileum at the fleoceal valve.  
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Appendix   Hangs from the cecum. It has no clear function and can become inflamed and infected when clogged or blocked.  
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Colon   About 5 feet long has four named segments.  
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Ascending colon   Extends from the Cecum to the undersurface of the liver, where it turns left to become the transverse colon.  
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Transverse Colon   Paseses hotizontally to the left toward the spleeen and then turns doward into the descending colon.  
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Desending Colon   Part of large instines.  
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Sigmoid Colon   Shaped like a S begins at the distal end of the descending colon and leads into the rectum.  
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Rectum   Terminates in the lower opening of the digestive tract, the anus.  
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Anus   Opening of digestive tract to the outside of the body.  
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Defecation   The expulsion or passage of feces from the body through the anus.  
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Bilitubin   Produced from the breakdown of hemoglobin during normal red blood cell destruction.  
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Iaundice(hyperbilirubinemia)   Yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, and mucous membranes.  
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Hepatic duct   A vain connects to the liver into the Pancreas and joints the Cystic duct.  
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Crystic duct   A vain connects to the Gallbladder, joins the Hypatic Duct into Pancreas.  
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Common bile duct   Carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the Duodenum.  
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Pancreas   Secretes pancreatic juices or Enzymes rhat are realeased into the Pancreatic Duct.  
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Pancreatic Duct   Joins with the Common bile duct just as it enters the Duodenum.  
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Duodenum   Receives a mixture of the bile and pancreatic juices.  
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Emulusification   The bile breaks apart large fat globules, creating more surface area so the enzymes from the pancreas can digest the fats.  
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Glycogen   Starch.  
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Gluconeogenesis   Process of the liver turns the protiens and fats into glucose.  
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Glycogenolysis   The blood sugar becomes dangerously low, the liver realse it glycogen back into glucose.  
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Portal vein   Brings blood to the liver from the instestines.  
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Amylase   Starch enzymes.  
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Lipase   Fat materials.  
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Protease   Protein materials.  
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Insulin   Hormone needed to help realse sugar from the blood, acts as a carrier to bring glucose into cells of the body to be used for energy.  
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Etitology   Cause of disease.  
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Idiopathic   Unknown cause of disease.  
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Anorexia   Lack of appetite.  
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Ascites   Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen.  
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Borborygmus (pl:borborygmi)   Rumbling or gurgling noise produced by the movement of gas, fluid or both in the gastrointesrinal tract.  
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COnstipation   Difficulty of passing stools.  
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Laxastives   Promate movement of stools.  
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Cathartices   Promate movement of stools.  
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Diarrhea   Frequent passage of loose, watery stools.  
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Dysphagia   Diffulty of swallowing.  
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Odynophagia   Swallowing causes pain.  
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Eructation   Gas explled from the stomach though the mouth.  
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Belching   The sound of gas explled from the stomach though the mouth.  
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Flatus   Gas explled through the anus.  
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Flatulence   The presence of excessive gas in both stomach and the intestines.  
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Hematochezia   Passage of fresh, bright red blood from the rectum.  
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Jaundice(icterus)   Yellow-orage coloration of skin abd whites of the eyes by high levels of billirubin in blood. There are three causes of Jaundice Hemolysis, liver disease, and obstruction of bile flow.  
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Hemolysis   Execessive destruction of erythocytes.  
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Melena   Black, tarry stools; feces containing digested blood.  
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Nausea   Umpleasant sensation of stomach associated with a tendency to vomit.  
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Steatorrhea   Fat in the feces; frothy, foul-smelling fecal matter.  
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Aphthous Stomatitis   Inflammation of the mouth with smaall, painful ulcers called canker or sorers. Unknown cause.  
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Dental caries   Tooth decay or dental plaque.  
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Herpetic stomatits   Inflammation of the mouth by infection with the herpesvirus.  
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Fever billters or cold sores   Painful fluid-filled billsters on skin and mucus membrane.  
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Oral leukoplakia   White plaques or paches on the mucus of the mouth.  
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Periodontal disease   Inflammation and degeneration of gums, teeth, and surrounding bones.  
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Dental calculus or tartar   A white brown, or yellow-brown calcified deposit at or below the gingival margin of teeth.  
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Achalasis   Failue of the lower esophagus sphincter(LES) muscle to relax.  
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Esophageal varices   Swollen, varicose veins at the lower end of the esophagus.  
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Portal hypertension   Liver disease causes increased pressure in the veins near and around the liver.  
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Gastric carcinoms   Malignant tumor of the stomach.  
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Gastroesophageal relflux disease(GERD)   Solids abd fluids return to the mouth from the stomach.  
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Heartburn   The burining sesesation cause by regurgitation of hydrochloric acid from the stomach to the esophagus.  
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ERelux esophagitis   Chronic exposure of the esophagus muccosa to gastric acid and pepsin.  
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Histal hernia   Occurs when the upper part of the stomach protrudes up through the diaphragm.  
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Inguinal hernia   Occurs when a small loop of bowel protrudes through a week lower abdominal muscle.  
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Peptic Ulcer   Open sore or lession of the mucous membrane of the stomach or duodenum.  
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Anal fistula   Abnormal tube-like passageway near the anus  
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Fissure   Break.  
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Colonic Polyposis   Polyps protude from the mucus membrane of the colon.  
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Pedunculated   Attached to the membrane by a stalk.  
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Sessile   Sitting directly on the mucus membrane.  
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Colorectal cancer   Adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum, or both.  
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Crohn Disease(Crohn's)   Chronic imflamation of the intestinal tract(terminal ileum and colon)  
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease(IBD)   Like Crohn's symptoms of diarrhea, serve, abdominal pain, fever, anorexia weekness, and weight loss.  
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Diverticulosis   Abnormal side pockets(outpourchings) in the intestinal wall.  
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Diverticula   Pouch-like herniations through the muscule wall of the colon.  
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Diverticulits   Fecal matter becomes trapped in the diverticula.  
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Dysentery   Painful, inflamed intestines.  
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Hemorrhoids   Swollen, twisted, varicose veins in the rectal region.  
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Ileus   Failue of peristalsis with resulting obstruction of the instestines.  
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Paralytic ileus   Acute, transisent loss of peristalsis.  
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Intusseusception   Telescoping of the instestine.  
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Irritable Bowel Sydrome(IBS)   Group of gastrointestinal symptomes associated with stress and tension.  
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Ulcerative colitis   Chronic Inflammation of the colon with presence of the ulcers.  
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Volvulus   Twisting of the instestine on itself.  
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Cholelithiasis   Gallstones in the gallbladder.  
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Calculi   Stones.  
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Biliary colic   Pain from blocked cysyic or common bile duct.  
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Cirrhosis   Chronic degenerative disease of the liver.  
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Pancreatitis   Inflmmation of the pancreas.  
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Virual Hepatitis   Inflamation of the liver cause by a virus.  
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Hepatitis A   Viral henatitis caused by the henatitis a virus(HAV). It can be spreed by contaminated food or water and characterized by slow onset of symptoms, the person can recover from this.  
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Hepatitis B   Caused by hepatitis B virus(HBV)that can be transfered by blood transfusion, sexual contact, or the use of contaminated needles or instruments. Can cause destruction of liver cells, cirrhosis, or death.  
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Hepatitis C   Caused by the hepatitis C virus(HCV) and can be tranfered from blood transfusions or needle inoculation-drugs users sharring needles.  
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