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Digestive System
Chapter 9 Medical Terms
Question | Answer |
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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 |