Med Term Chapter 3 Flashcards by Monique Massey | Brainscape

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gastroenterology

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the study of the stomach and intestines

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aliment/o-

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food nourishment

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lingu/o-

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tongue

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gustat/o-

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the sense of taste

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-ory

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having the function of

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par-

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beside

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ot/o-

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ear

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-id

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resembling; source or orgin

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mastic/o-

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chewing

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degluti/o-

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swallowing

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stal/o-

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contraction

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gastr/o-

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stomach

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or/o

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mouth

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stomat/o

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mouth

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gloss/o

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tounge

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esophag/o-

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esophagus

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stal/o-

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contraction

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phylor/o-

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pylorus (narrow area before it joins the duodenum)

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an/o-

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anus

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appendic/o; append/o-

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appendix

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cecio-

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cecum

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col/o-

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colon

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duoden/o-

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duodenum (first part of small intestine)

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ile/o-

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ileum

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jejun/o-

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jejunum

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rect/o-

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rectum

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proct/o-

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rectum

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enter/o-

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intestine

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cell/o-

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abdomen

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lapar/o-

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abdomen

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pelv/o-

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pelvis

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bill/o-

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bile;gall

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chol/e

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bile; gall

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cholangl/o-

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bile duct

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choledoch/o-

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common bile duct

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peritone/o- and periton/o-

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peritoneum

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absorpt/o-

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absorb; take in

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amyl/o-

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carbohydrate; starch

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kin/o-

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movement

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fecio-

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feces; stool

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chez/o-

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to pass feces

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emulsific/o-

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droplets of fat suspended in a liquid

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fec/a and fec/o-

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feces; stool

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peps/o

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digestion

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pepsin/o-

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pepsin

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hepatic encephalopathy

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liver and brain disease

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Hx

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history

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2^(deg sym)

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due to

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LOC

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level of consciousness

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ETOH

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ethanol (alcohol)

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endotracheally intubated

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breathing tube

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p-bar

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after

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hematemesis

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throwing up blood

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epistaxis

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nose bleed

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OG

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oral gastric tube

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NG

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naso-gastric tube

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pneumothorax

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pleural cavity

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jaundice

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yellowing of whites of eyes; liver failure (converts RBC to bile using the billiruben)

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ascites

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abnormal buildup of fluid in the abdomen; pushes on lungs so there is no room to breathe

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BP

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blood pressure

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melena

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black tarry stool

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guaiac

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checking stool for blood

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scleral iceterus

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jaundice

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cerumen

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ear wax

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dentition

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bad teeth

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HEENT

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head, ears, nose, and throat

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S-bar

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without

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cirrhosis

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scarring of the liver

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peritonitis

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inflammation of abdominal wall

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coagulopathy

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tend to bleep