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Ch-12 The Digestive System-Medical Terminology-C. Edward Colli

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Two root words for abdomen?   abdomin/o, lapar/o  
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Root word for cheek?   bucc/o  
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Root word for lip?   cheil/o  
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Root word for bile, gall?   chol/e, chol/o  
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Root word for bile duct?   cholangi/o  
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Root word for gallbladder?   cholecyst/o  
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Root word for common bile duct?   choledoch/o  
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Root word for colon?   col/o, colon/o  
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Root word for teeth?   dent/i, dent/o  
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Root word for duodenum?   duoden/o  
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Suffix for vomit?   -emesis  
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Root word for intestine?   enter/o  
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Root word for esophagus?   esophag/o  
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Root word for stomach?   gastr/o  
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Root word for gums?   gingiv/o  
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Root word for tongue?   gloss/o  
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Root word for liver?   hepat/o  
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Root word for ileum?   ile/o  
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Root word for jejunum?   jejun/o  
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Suffix for stone?   -lith  
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Root word for pancreas?   pancreat/o  
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Suffix word for digestion?   -pepsia  
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Root word for eating, swallowing?   phago/o  
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Suffix means to eat or swallow?   -phagia  
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Two root words for anus or rectum?   proct/o, rect/o  
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Root word for pylorus?   pylor/o  
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Root word for salivary glands?   sial/o  
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Root word for sigmoid colon?   sigmoid/o  
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Root word for mouth?   stomat/o  
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What are the two specialists concerned with most aspects of the digestive system?   gastroenterologists, proctologists  
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The digestive system is composed of a continuous tract beginning with the oral cavity and ending at the anus. This tract, called the ______ or the _______ tract.   alimentary canal, gastrointestinal(GI)  
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Digestion begins in the oral cavity where food is broken apart by ________.   mastication  
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What is the small mass of masticated food called?   bolus  
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The esophagus, a collapsible tube, lubricates the food with mucus and moves it into the stomach by ____________.   peristalsis (wave-like muscular contractions).  
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The _________ is also called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). It is a ring-like muscle that controls food flow from the esophagus into the stomach.   cardiac sphincter (“ cardiac” because of its proxim-ity to the heart)  
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After 3 or 4 hours, the content of the stomach, which by this stage is a liquid called _____________.   chyme (pronounced kyme)  
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Chyme passes through the ______,a muscle at the distal end of the stomach, and into the _________.   pyloric sphincter, duodenum  
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The small intestine is divided into three parts: the _______ ,____ , and ______.   duodenum,jejunum,ileum  
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The ________ controls the flow from the ileum into the _______ , the first part of the large intestine.   ileocecal sphincter(ile/o means “ileum”; cecal is the adjective form of cecum), cecum  
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The large intestine extends from the distal portion of the ileum to the anus. It is divided into three parts: the ______, ________, _______.   cecum, colon, rectum  
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The colon is subdivided into four parts: the _______, _________, _________, and __________.   ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, and sigmoid colon.  
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What are the accessory organs of the digestive system?   salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.  
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Once bile is produced in the liver, it travels down the ________ to the gallbladder for storage.   common bile duct  
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What two other terms for gallbladder?   cholecystis, cholecyst  
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