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Chapter 11 Med terms
CNHP 2010 Chapter 11
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdomin/o | abdomen |
| an/o | anus |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/i | bile |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | bile |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| cyst/o | bladder or sac |
| dent/i | teeth |
| doch/o | duct |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hepatic/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | groin |
| inguin/o | jejunum (empty) |
| jejun/o | abdomen |
| lapar/o | tongue |
| lingu/o | stone |
| lith/o | mouth |
| or/o | pancreas |
| pancreat/o | peritoneum |
| peritone/o | eat or swallow |
| phag/o | anus and rectum |
| proct/o | pylorus (gatekeeper) |
| pylor/o | rectum |
| rect/o | saliva |
| sial/o | sigmoid colon (resembles) |
| sigmoid/o | fat |
| steat/o | vomiting |
| stomat/o | cavity that receives food for digestion; also called mouth |
| -emesis (suffix) | three pairs of exocrine glands in the mouth that secrete saliva; the parotid, the submandibular, and the sublingual glands |
| oral cavity | lateral walls of the mouth |
| salivary glands | fleshy structures surrounding the mouth |
| cheeks | structure that forms the roof of the mouth; divided into the hard palate and the soft palate |
| lips | small projection hanging from the posterior middle edge of the soft palate |
| palate | muscular structure of the floor of the mouth covered by mucous membrane and secured by a band-like membrane known as the frenulum |
| uvula | tissue surrounding the necks of the teeth in the upper and lower jaws; also called gingivae |
| tongue | hard bony projections in the jaws for masticating (chewing) food |
| pharynx | throat; passageway for food traveling to the esophagus and for air traveling to the larynx |
| esophagus | muscular tube that moves food from the pharynx to the stomach |
| stomach | sac-like organ that mechanically mixes and chemically prepares food received from the esophagus; the stomach has four regions: fundus, cardia, body, and pylorus |
| lower esophageal sphincter (LES) | opening from the esophagus to the stomach; also called the cardiac sphincter (sphincter= band) |
| pyloric sphincter | opening from the stomach into the duodenum |
| small intestine | smaller tubular structure that digests food received from the stomach |
| duodenum | first portion of the small intestine |
| jejunum | second portion of the small intestine |
| ileum | third portion of the small intestine |
| large intestine | larger tubular structure that receives the liquid waste products of digestion, reabsorbs water and minerals, and forms and stores feces for defecation |
| cecum | first part of the large intestine |
| appendix | worm-like projection of lymphatic tissue hanging off the cecum; may help to resist infection; also called vermiform appendix (vermi=worm) |
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