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Digestive System Ch8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an/o | anus, ring |
| bar/o | pressure, weight |
| chlo/e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst | gallbladder |
| col | colon, large intestine |
| colon | colon, large Intestine |
| dent | tooth, teeth |
| don | give |
| duoden | duodenum, first part of small intestine |
| enter | small intestine |
| esophag | esophagus |
| gastr | stomach, belly |
| gloss | tounge |
| hepat | liver |
| ile | capable of |
| jejun | jejunum |
| lingu | tounge |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| or | mouth, oral activity |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| phag | eat, swallow |
| proct | anus & rectum |
| rect | rectum, straight |
| sigmoid | sigmoid colon |
| stomat | mouth, oral activity |
| emesis | vomiting |
| lithiasis | presence of stones |
| pepsia | diget |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| aerophagia | the excessivr swallowing of air while eating or drinking. |
| amebic dysentery | transmitted by doos or water that is contaminated due to poor sanitary conditions |
| anastomosis | is a surgical connection between two hollow or tubular structures. |
| anorexia nervosa | an eating disorder characterized by a false perception of the body apperance |
| antiemetic | a medication that is administered to prevent or relieve nausea and vomiting. |
| aphthous ulcers | grey-white pits with a red border in the soft tissues linning the mouth. |
| ascites | an abnormal accumulation of the serous fluid in the peritonal cavity. |
| bariatrics | the branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of obesity and associates diseases. |
| borborygmus | |
| botulism | |
| bulimia nervosa | |
| cachexia | |
| cheilosis | |
| cholangiography | |
| cholangitis | |
| cholecystectomy | |
| cholecystitis | |
| choledocholithotomy | |
| cholekithiasis | |
| cholera | |
| cirrhosis | |
| colonoscopy | |
| Crohn's disease | |
| diverticulitis | |
| diverticulosis | |
| dyspepsia | |
| dysphagia | |
| emesis | |
| enteritis | |
| eructation | |
| esophageal varices | |
| esophagogastroduodenoscopy | |
| gastroduodenostomy | |
| gastroesophageal reflux disease | |
| gastrostomy tube | |
| hematermesis | |
| hemoccult test | |
| hepatitis | |
| hepatitis | |
| herpes labialis | |
| hiatal hernia | |
| hyperemesis | |
| ileus | |
| inguinal hernia | |
| jaundice | |
| melena | |
| morbid obesity | |
| nasogastric intubation | |
| obesity | |
| peridontium | |
| peristalsis | |
| proctopexy | |
| regurgitation | |
| salmonellosis | |
| sigmoidoscopy | |
| stomatorrhagia | |
| trismus | |
| ulcerative colitis | |
| volvulus | |
| xerostomia |