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Mod C Unit 1 Vocab
Digestive tract vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chewed up food ready for swallowing | Bolus |
| A semifluid mixture of ingested food and digestive secretions found in the stomach and proximal small intestine | Chyme |
| Middle 8 ft or so of the small intestine | Jejunum |
| Remaining 12 ft of small intestine | ileum |
| Largest glandular organ in the body | Liver |
| Large enlongated gland situated behind the stomach and secreting pancreatic juice into the small intestine | Pancreas |
| Pertaining to after a meal | Postprandial |
| Lack of appetite | Anorexia |
| Study of the stomach and the intestines | Gastroenterology |
| An enzyme that breaks down starch | Amylase |
| A hernia of part of the rectum into the vagina | Rectocele |
| Inflammation of the salivary gland | Sialadenitis |
| An accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity | Ascites |
| Vomiting | Emesis |
| Pertaining to the cheek | Buccal |
| Examination of the upper portion of the colon | Colonoscopy |
| The creation of a new opening into the colon | Colostomy |
| Pain in a tooth; toothache | Dentalgia |
| Difficulty in digestion; indigestion | Dyspepsia |
| Inflammation of the liver | Hepatitis |
| A condition in which the colon is extremely enlarged | Megacolon |
| Surgical incision into the abdomen | Laparotomy |
| Inflammation of the pancreas | Pancreatitis |
| One who specializes in the study of the anus and the rectum | Proctologist |
| Surgical excision of the gallbladder | Cholecystectomy |
| Vomiting of blood | Hematemesis |
| Pertaining to the gate keeper, the opening between the stomach and the duodenum | Pyloric |
| Pertaining to gastric digestion | Peptic |
| Gas in the stomach of intestines | Flatus |
| Inflammation of the diverticula in the colon | Diverticulitis |
| An instrument used to view the sigmoid | Sigmoidoscope |