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Digestive System
Chapter 9 Medical Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Digestive System Activities: | Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, Elimination |
| Ingestion | Taking substances into the body |
| Digestion | Mechanical and Chemical conversion of food into substances that can be absorbed by cells |
| Absorption | Process in which digested food passes through the lining of small intestine into the blood |
| Elimination | removal of undigested food particles |
| -ose | sugar |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -ation | action or process |
| bili | bile |
| chole | bile |
| cirrho | orange-yellow |
| de- | down, from, reversing, or removing |
| glycoso | sugar |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| vago | vagus nerve |
| viscero | viscera |
| gastrointestinal | refers to stomach and intestines |
| Upper Gastrointestinal Tract [UGI] | mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach |
| Lower Gastrointestinal Tract [LGI] | Small and Large Intestine |
| cheilo | lips |
| denti | teeth |
| dento | teeth |
| odonto | teeth |
| gingivo | gums |
| glosso | tongue |
| linguo | tongue |
| oro | mouth |
| stomato | mouth |
| esophago | esophagus |
| gastro | stomach |
| intestino | intestines |
| entero | [small] intestines |
| duodeno | duodenum |
| jejuno | jejunum |
| ileo | ileum |
| colo | colon |
| colono | colon |
| appendo | appendix |
| appendico | appendix |
| ceco | cecum |
| sigmoid | sigmoid colon |
| procto | anus/rectum |
| recto | rectum |
| ano | anus |
| cholecysto | gallbladder |
| choledocho | common bile duct |
| hepato | liver |
| pancreato | pancreas |
| sialo | salivary gland |
| cirrhosis | a chronic liver disease characterized by marked degeneration of liver cells |