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LOFM Chapter 5
The Language of Medicine Ninth Edition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an/o | anus--terminal end or opeing of the digestive tract to the outside of the body |
| append/o appendic/o | appendix--blind pauch hanging from the cecum RLQ |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum--first part of the large intestine |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder--small sac under the live; stores bile. |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct--carries bile form the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum.(coledochus) |
| col/o | colon, large interstine |
| colon/o | colon |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum--first part of the small intestine |
| enter/o | intestines, usually small intestines |
| esophag/o | esophagus--tube connecting the throat to the stomach. |
| faci/o | face |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum--third part of the small intestine |
| jejun/o | jejunum--second part of the small intestine |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw, mandible |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| palat/o | palate--roof of the mouth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum--double-layared membrane surrrounding the abdominal organs |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter--right muscle at the end of the stomach, near the duodenum. |
| rect/o | rectum--last section of the large intestine, connecting the end of the colon and the anus |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon--fourth and last, S-shaped segment of the colon, just before the rectum |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| uvul/o | uvula-- soft tissuel hanging form the middle of the soft palate |
| amyl/o | starch |
| bil/i | bile--digestive juice made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder. It breaks up large fat globules |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment) |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| glycogen/o | glycogen, animal starch--starch; glucose is stored in the form of glycogen in liver cells |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| lith/o | stone |
| prote/o | protein |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary |
| steat/o | fat |
| -ase | enzyme--a chemical that speeds up a reaction between substances. |
| -chezia | defecation, elimination of wastes |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -prandial | meal |
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