digestive system Flashcards
1
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adenoid/o
A
adenoids
2
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tonsil/o
A
tonsils
3
Q
cheil/o
A
lip
4
Q
or/o
A
mouth
5
Q
dent/o odont/o
A
teeth
6
Q
gloss/o lingu/o
A
tongue
7
Q
maxill/o mandibul/o
A
jaw
8
Q
gingiv/o
A
gums
9
Q
sial/o
A
saliva
10
Q
epiglott/o
A
epiglottis
11
Q
pharyng/o
A
pharynx, throat
12
Q
esopag/o
A
esophagus
13
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
14
Q
pylor/o
A
pylorus
15
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
16
Q
enter/o intestin/o
A
small intestines
17
Q
duoden/o
A
duodenum (first part of small intestines)
18
Q
jejun/o
A
jejunum (middle part of small intestines)
19
Q
ile/o
A
ileum (last part of small intestines)
20
Q
cec/o
A
cecum (first part of colon)
21
Q
col/o colon/o
A
colon (large intestines)
22
Q
append/o appendic/o
A
appendix (attached to cecum)
23
Q
sigmoid/o
A
sigmoid colon (end)
24
Q
rect/o
A
rectum
25
an/o
anus
26
proct/o
rectum/anus
27
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
28
chol/e chloe-
gall/bile
29
choledoch/o
bile duct
30
cholangi/o
bile vessel
31
hepat/o
liver
32
pancreat/o
pancreas
33
aer/o
air
34
carcin/o
cancer
35
dips/o -dipsia
thirst
36
doch/o
duct
37
herni/o
hernia
38
lith/o -lith
stone
39
muc/o
mucus
40
myc/o
fungus
41
therm/o
heat
42
tox/o toxic/o
poison
43
dia-
through
44
dys-
bad/difficult
45
-emesis
vomit
46
-emia
blood, blood condition
47
-iasis -osis
abnormal condition of
48
-ptosis
prolapse/displacement
49
-plegia
paralysis
50
-pepsia
digestion
51
-phagia
eat or swallow
52
-rrhea
flow/discharge
53
-phasia
speech
54
-spasm
involuntary twitching
55
-stenosis
narrowing
56
-scope
instrument
57
-scopy
viewing
58
-stomy
form of new opining
59
-tomy
incision/cutting into
60
-centesis
surgical puncture
61
-pexy
fixation
62
-plasty
surgical repair
63
-rrhaphy
suture
