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Course 3, Lesson 31 - Gastrointestinal System Terminology

Home Get App Take Quiz Create /chalasia condition of relaxation /chezia in the stool erucatation belching /glutition swallowing /iasis condition of having (in the body) /lapse fall /stalisis /staltic contraction air-filled alcohol/o alcohol aliment/o digestive nutritional alopecia ampull/o outlet shaped like a mouth amyl/o starch chemical structure anastomosis anastomoses end-to-end anastomosis end-to-side anastomosis anemia pernicious sickle cell thalassemia megaloblastic anorex/i lack of appetite antr/o antrum of the stomach aphthous ascites ascitic aspir/o removal of fluids by suction inhale autolysis bili/o related to bile or the bile system BM, bowel movement bulb/o bulb bulimia cachexia cachectic calcul/o stone calculus caput nedusa cec/o cecum first part of the colon celi/o celiac axis celiac axis root cholera coffee-ground emesis describes a type of emesis seen in GI bleeding complications of peptic ulcer perforation penetration hemorrhage obstruction decidu/o to fall off shed delirium tremens dent/o tooth teeth diet/o way of living relating to type and amount of food taken disease Crohn('s) diverticul/o Meckel('s) diverticulum diverticulum doch/o duct duoden/o first part of the small bowel duedenum dynam/o in motion moving empyema eventration fec/o feces stool bowel movement frostbite gangrene gauge needle size, usually from 25-16 GE, gastroesophageal girth globus hystericus haustrum haustra hemi/ half hemosiderin herni/o hernia protrusion through a wall defect hernias incarcerated incisional strangulated internal inguinal hydrops hydropic dropsy hyperchlorhydria icterus icteric IF, intrinsic factor ile/o third part of the small bowel ileum ileus indication intussusception jejun/o second part of the small bowel jejunum ket/o ketones, a chemical in the blood & urine labi/o cheil/o lip lact/o milk milky lei/o smooth smooth muscle melena melanotic mesenter/o mesentery mucoviscidosis cystic fibrosis NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug occlus/o closed off oment/o omentum pancreatic/o to or with the pancreas parenchyma parot/o parotid gland patient positions knee-chest lithotomy Trendelenburg peduncul/o peduncle peps/o pept/o digest digestion perine/o perineum external part of lower abdomen/pelvis Peyer's patches phlegmonous frenulum physical examination findings in the abdomen gardening shifting dullness fluid wave piecemeal bit by bit PKU, phenylketonuria plicae circulares polyp/o polyp port/a port/o hepatic portal vein door proct/o anus lower rectum PTC, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography PUD, peptic ulcer disease pylor/o pylorus gate-keeper omphal/o umbilicus recumbent reflux rugae schist/o /schisis split sial/o ptyal/o saliva salivary glands sigmoid/o sigmoid colon sphincter/o sphincter of Oddi sphincter spider nevi straw-colored normal urine color syndrome Budd-Chiari Gardener('s) Cronkhite-Canada syndrome Mallory-Weiss Peutz-Jeghers Zollinger-Ellison Menetrier('s) dumping syring/o syringe syrinx relationship to a tube or fistula TE fistula tracheal-esophageal fistula tracheoesophageal fistrula types of metastases hematogenous regional lymph node perineural intraluminal distant Valsalva maneuver volvul/o volvulus

Author sevierflygirl ID 129909 Card Set Course 3, Lesson 31 - Gastrointestinal System Terminology Description Medical Transcription Program Updated 2012-01-23T07:40:50Z Show Answers