digestive system Flashcards
midterm study (69 cards)
1
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anti-
A
against
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dys-
A
abnormal, difficult, painful
3
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endo-
A
inner, within, inside
4
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pan-
A
all
5
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peri-
A
around
6
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post-
A
after, behind
7
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an/o
A
anus
8
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append/o
A
appendix
9
Q
appendic/o
A
appendix
10
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bar/o
A
weight
11
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bucc/o
A
cheek
12
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cec/o
A
cecum (pouch in large intestine)
13
Q
cheil/o
A
lip
14
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chol/e
A
bile, gall
15
Q
cholangi/o
A
bile vessel
16
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cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
17
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choledoch/o
A
bile duct
18
Q
cirrh/o
A
yello
19
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col/o
A
colon, large intestine
20
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colon/o
A
colon, large intestine
21
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dent/o
A
teeth
22
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diverticul/o
A
pouch
23
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dont/o
A
teeth
24
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duoden/o
A
duodenum
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enter/o
intestine (usually small)
26
gastr/o
stomach
27
gingiv/o
gums
28
gloss/o
tongue
29
hepat/o
liver
30
ile.o
ileum (third part of small intestine)
31
jejun/o
jejunum
32
labi/o
lip
33
lapar/o
abdomen
34
lingu/o
tongue
35
lith/o
stone, calculus
36
odont/o
teeth
37
or/o
mouth
38
palat/o
palate
39
pept.o
digest, digestion
40
pharyng/o
pharynx or throat
41
polyp/o
polyp (non cancerous growth)
42
pyr/o
fire
43
rect/o
rectum
44
sial/o
saliva, salivary gland
45
sialaden/o
salivary gland
46
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon (s curve at end)
47
stomat/o
mouth
48
umbilic/o
umbilicus, the belly button
49
-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
50
-ist
specialist
51
-istry
specialty of
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-lithiasis
condition of stones
53
-logist
specialist in the study of
54
-megaly
enlargement, large
55
-ole,
small
56
-orexia
apetite
57
-pepsia
digestion
58
-pexy
surgical fixation
59
-phagia
swallowing, eating
60
-plegia
paralysis
61
-prandial
pertaining to a meal
62
-ptosis
drooping, prolapse, downward palcement
63
-schisis
splitting
64
-scopy
visual examination
65
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
66
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
67
-stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
68
-tripsy
surgical cushing
69
-um
structure, thing
