HCT Chapter 16
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| Alactasia | Malabsorption or inability to absorb lactose caused by a deficiency of the enzyme lactase
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| Bile | Fluid that helps digest fat in the small intestine; produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder
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| Bolus | Rounded mass of food
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| Bulimia | Excessive binge eating, which may be followed by self-induced vomiting or purging
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| Cholecystectomy | Surgical removal of the gallbladder
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| Chyme | Thick, semiliquid contents of stomach during digestion
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| Defecation | Evacuation of waste or fecal material from the rectum
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| Deglutition | Act of swallowing
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| Emesis | Act of vomiting, vomit
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| Endoscopy | Visual inspection of a body cavity using a scope
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| Enema | Liquid instilled into rectum
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| Flatulence | Excessive air or gas in stomach or intestines leading to distention of organs
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| Ingestion | Taking food or medicine into the body through the mouth
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| Jaundice | Yellow appearance resulting from bile pigment stored in the skin and sclera of the eyes
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| Mastication | Process of chewing food
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| Peristalsis | Wavelike series of contractions of the digestive system that propels the contents
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| Sphincter | Ringlike band of muscle that closes a passage or opening
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| Villus | One of many tiny vascular projections on the surface of the small intestine
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