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vet med term ch.6
chapter 6 gut instinct in veterinary medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| or/o and stomat/o | both mean mouth |
| gnath/o | jaw |
| cheil/o and labi/o | both mean lips |
| rug/o | fold or wrinkle |
| oral cavity | contains the lips, cheeks, hard and soft plates, salivary glands,tongue,teeth, and periodontium |
| palat/o | palate |
| gloss/o and lingu/o | tongue |
| dent/o, dent/i, and odont/o | teeth |
| deciduous dentition | temp. set of teeth durring young age. (baby teeth) |
| decidu/o | sheeding |
| incisors | front tooth used for cutting [abreviation is I] |
| caninies | loong, pointy bonelike tooth located between incisor's and premolars [abv. is C] |
| pewmolars | cheek tooth found between caninie and molars.(also known as bicuspids)[abv is P] |
| molars | most caudally located permanent cheek tooth used for grinding. [abv is M] |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| para- | near |
| ot/o | ear |
| sialaden/o and sial/o | salivary glands. (sial/o also means saliva) |
| abdomin/o and ciel/o | abdomen |
| lapar/o | abdomen and flank |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| proct/o | anus and rectum together |
| duoden/i and duoden/o | mean duodenum |
| ile/o | ileum |
| Cec/o | cecum |
| col/o | colon |
| rect/o | rectum |
| an/o | anus |
| vill/i | tuft of hair |
| hepat/o | liver |
| cyst/o | cyst, sac of fluid, or urincary bladder |
| chol/e | bile or gall |
| doch/o | receptacle |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| -ase | enzymes usually end with -ase |
| meta- | change or beyond |
| -stalsis | suffix meaning contraction |
| copr/o | feces |
| dys- | difficult |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| trich/o | hair |
| -pexy | surgically fix something to a body surface |
| -stomy | surgical production of an artifical opening between an organ and a body surface |
| segmentation | mixing of ingesta in the intestine |
| ascites | abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen |
| intussusception | telescoping of one part of intestine to an adjacent part |
| peritoneum | is what attaches the small intestine to the dorsal abdominal wall |
| pica | eating/licking of abnormal substance |
| stomatitis | inflammation of the mouth |
| tenesmus | straining, or painfull defecation(poop pain!!!!) |
| hepatoma | liver tumor |
| emacitation | merked wasting or excessive leanness |
| gavage | force feeding through a tube passed into the stomach |
| cec/o | first part of the large intestine |
| peristalisis | a muscualr, wave live movement used to transport food throughout the digestive system |
| pulp | part of the tooth that contains a large about of nerves and blood vessels |
| buccal | pertaining to the cheek |
| ulcer | erosion of tissue |
| pylorus | narrow passage between the stomach and the duodenum |
| incontinence | inability to control |
| antiemetic | drug used to prevent vomiting |
| colostomy | formation of a new opening from the largeintestion to the surface of the body |
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