Digestive Flashcards
1
Q
append/o
A
appendix
2
Q
appendic/o
A
appendix
3
Q
bucc/o
A
cheek
4
Q
cec/o
A
cecum
5
Q
celi/o
A
belly, abdomen
6
Q
cheil/o
A
lip
7
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
8
Q
choledoch/o
A
common bile duct
9
Q
col/o
A
colon
10
Q
dent/i
A
tooth
11
Q
duoden/o
A
duodenum
12
Q
enter/o
A
intestines
13
Q
esophag/o
A
esophagus
14
Q
faci/o
A
face
15
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
16
Q
gingiv/o
A
gums
17
Q
gloss/o
A
tongue
18
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
19
Q
ile/o
A
ileum
20
Q
jejun/o
A
jejunum
21
Q
labi/o
A
lip
22
Q
lapar/o
A
abdomen
23
Q
lingu/o
A
tongue
24
Q
mandibul/o
A
mandible, lower jaw
25
odont/o
tooth
26
or/o
mouth
27
palat/o
palate
28
pancreat/o
pancreas
29
peritone/o
peritoneum
30
pharyng/o
throat
31
proct/o
anus and rectum
32
pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
33
rect/o
rectum
34
sialaden/o
salivary gland
35
sial/o
saliva
36
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
37
stomat/o
mouth
38
uvul/o
uvula
39
amyl/o
starch
40
bil/i
gall, bile
41
bilirubin/o
bilirubin (bile pigment)
42
chol/e
gall, bile
43
gluc/o
sugar
44
glyc/o
sugar
45
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
46
lip/o
fat, lipid
47
lith/o
stone
48
prote/o
protein
49
py/o
pus
50
steat/o
fat
51
-ase
enzyme
52
-chezia
defecation, elimination of waste
53
-iasis
abnormal condition
54
-prandial
meal
55
-ectasis, -ectasia
dilation, widening
56
-emesis
vomiting
57
-pepsia
digestion
58
-phagia
eating, swallowing
59
-plasty
surgical repair
60
-ptysis
spitting
61
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
62
-rrhaphy
suture
63
-rrhea
flow, discharge
64
-spasm
involuntary contraction of muscles
65
-stasis
stopping, controlling
66
-stenosis
narrowing, tightening
67
-tresia
opening
68
occult
hidden
69
GERD
gastroesophageal reflux disease
70
parenteral nutrition
IV nutrition, directly into bloodstream, not involving intestines
71
anorexia
lack of appetite
72
anorexia nervosa
loss of appetite associated with emotional problems, eating disorder
73
ascites
abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen
74
borborygmus
rumbles and gurgles produced by moving gas and/or fluid in GI tract
75
dysphagia
difficulty swallowing
76
eructation
belching
77
flatus
"passing gas"
78
hematochezia
passing bright red blood in stool
79
melena
black, tarry stools, containing digested blood
80
hernia
protrusion of part of an organ through the muscles normally containing it
81
cholelithiasis
gallstones in the gallbladder
82
hepatitis
inflammation of the liver, caused by virus
83
cholangiography
x-ray of biliary system with contrast
84
an/o
anus
