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Unit 5 game
Digestive system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| apendic/o | appendix |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | belly,abdomen |
| cheli/o | cheek |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| cholecystt/o | gallbladder |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestines,usually small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| faci/o | face |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ilieum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| linguin/o | tongue |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw;mandiable |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| amyl/o | starch |
| bili/o | gall,bile |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin(bile pigment) |
| chol/e | gall ,bile |
| chlorohydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| glycogen/o | glycogen,animal starch |
| lip/o | fat,lipid |
| lith/o | stone |
| prote/o | protein |
| py/o | pus |
| sial/o | silava,salivary |
| steat/o | fat |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -chezia | defecation,elimination of waste |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -prandial | meal |
| anorexia | lack of apetite |
| ascites | abnormal accumilation of fluid in the abdomen |
| borborygmi | rumbling or gurgiling noises produced by the movement of gas, fluid, or both in the gastrotestineal tract |
| constipation | difficulty passing stools (feces) |
| diarrhea | frequent passage of loose, watery stools |
| dysphagia | difficulty swallowing |
| eructation | gas expelled from stomach through mouth |
| flatus | gas expelled from anus |
| jaundice | yellow-orange coloration of the skin and whites of eyes caused by high levels of bilirubin in the blood |
| melena | black , tarry, stools ; feces containing digested blood |
| nausea | unpleasent sensation in the stomach with tendency to vomit |
| steatorrhea | fat in feces |
| apthous stomatitis | inflimmation of the mouth with small ,painful ulcers |
| dental caries | tooth decay |
| herpetic stomatitis | inflammation of the mouth caused by infecton with herpevirus |
| oral lukeoplakia | white plaques or patches on muscosa of the mouth |
| peridontal disease | inflammation and degenration of gums ,teeth and surrounding bone |
| achlasia | failure of the lower esophagus sphincter |
| esophageal cancer | malignant tumor of the esophagus |
| esophageal varices | swollen varicose veins at the lower end of the esophagus |
| gastric cancer | malignant tumor of the stomach |
| gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) | solids and fluids return to the mouth from the stomach |
| hernia | protrusion of an organ or part through the tissues and muscles normally containg it |
| peptic ulcer | open sore in the lining of the stomach or duodenum |
| anal fistula | abnormal tube-like passageway near the anus |
| colonic polyps | polyps (benign growths ) protrude from the musous membrane of the colon |
| colorectal cancer | adenocarcinoma of the colon , rectum or both |
| crohns disease | chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract |
| diverticulosis | abnormal outpouchings in the intestinal wall of the colon |
| dysentry | painful inflammation of the intestines commonly caused by bacterial infection |
| hemorrhoids | swollen , twisted , varicose veins in the rectal region |
| ileus | loss of peristalis with resulting obstruction of the intestines |
| infalmmitory bowel disease ( IBD) | inflammation of the colon and small intestine |
| intussuseception | telescoping of the intestines |
| Irratible bowel syndrome (IBS) | Group of GI symptoms but without defined abnormalities in the intestines |
| ulcerative coloitis | chronic inflammation of the colon with presence of ulcers |
| volvulus | twisting of the intestine on itself |
| choloeithisasis | gallstones in the gallbladder |
| cirrhosis | chronic degenerative disease of the liver |
| hepatocellular carcinoma | liver cancer |
| pancreatic cancer | malignant tumor of the pancreas |
| pancreatitis | inflammation of the pancreas |
| viral hepatitis | inflammation of the liver caused by a virus |
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