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 |