CHAPTER 8 DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Terms
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- or/o
- mouth
- pharyng/o
- pharynx
- gastr/o
- stomach
- esophag/o
- esophagus
- enter/o
- small intestine
- col/o
- large intestine
- an/o; proct/o; rect/o
- rectuma dn anus
- hepat/o
- liver
- pancreat/o
- pancreas
- cec/o
- cecum
- chol/e
- bile or gall
- col/o; colon/o
- large intestine
- cholecyst/o
- gallbladder
- lithiasis
- presence of stones
- pepsia
- digestion
- peri
- surround
- halit
- breath
- odonti
- teeth
- osis
- condition
- phagia
- swallow
- um
- noun ending
- catabol
- breakdown
- pyr
- fever
- ism
- condition
- enter
- within
- metabol
- change
- rrhexis
- rupture
- orth
- strait
- pept/o; pepsia
- digestion
- gingiv
- gums
- emesis
- vomiting
- ile
- ileum
- dia
- through
- occult
- hidden or difficult
- tomo
- slice or cut
- palato
- palate
- pexy
- surgical fixation
- hemmorrhoid
- piles
- choledocho
- common bile duct
- lith
- stone
- ileostomy
- a surgical creation of an opening between the ileum and bodys exterior
- pyrosis
- regurgitation of stomach acid
- achlorhydria
- the absence of hydrochloric acid from gastric secretions
- cholelithiasis
- presence of gallstones in the gallbladders or bile duct
- periodontitis
- inflammation of the tissues supporting and surrounding the teeth
- intussusception
- telescoping of one part of the intestine into an opening of an immediately adjacent part
- anastomosis
- surgical connection between two hollow tubular structures
- cholecystalgia
- gallbladder pain
- edentulous
- without teeth or lost natural teeth