Digestive System Flashcards
(35 cards)
Combining form the means “rectum and anus”
proct/o
Diagnostic term that refers to abnormal condition of having out-pouchings in the colon
Diverticul/o/sis
Litho, Petro, Lapio
Stone
Periodontitis, Rigg’s disease, and periodontoclasia all refer to
Pyorrhea
Ptyalo
Mucus, saliva
Crushing a stone in the common bile duct
choledocholith/otripsy
Cheil/orrhaphy
Suture of the lips
Visual examination of the rectum
Proctoscopy
White, plate-like plaque on the gingiva
Leukoplakia
Cholangio
Bile duct
Dysphagia
Difficulty swallowing or eating
Vitamin B2 aka
Riboflavin
Ascaris in greaak
Intestinal worm
Hepatitis A aka
Infectious Hepatitis
Hepatitis B aka
Serum Hepatitis
Hepatitis (blank) may be dormant in the body for years before signs appear
C
Coloscopy views the
Large intestine
Gustation means to
Taste
Vitamin B1 aka
Thiamin
Vitamin C aka
Ascorbic acid
Enema means to
inject
Bulim/ia
refers to/hungry
Anorexia Nervosa means
without appetite: cause by a nervous condition
Hyper/cholesterol/emia blood condition w/a cholesterol level above (blank) in a 20 Y/O
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