1. Home
  2. Flashcards
  3. Preview

Chapter 3

  1. Combining Form

    Aliment/o
    Food or nourishment
  2. Combining Form

    Anastom/o
    To create opening between two structures
  3. Combining Form

    Bili/o
    Bile
  4. Combining Form

    Celi/o
    Abdomen
  5. Combining Form

    Cholangi/o
    Gall bladder duct, bile vessel
  6. Combining Form

    Cholecyst/o
    gall bladder
  7. Combining Form

    Degluti/o
    swallowing
  8. Combining Form

    Gastr/o
    Stomach
  9. Combining Form

    Gloss/o
    Tongue
  10. Combining Form

    Gustat/o
    Taste
  11. Combining Form

    Hepat/o
    liver
  12. Combining Form

    Lact/o
    milk
  13. Combining Form

    lapar/o
    abdomen
  14. Combining Form

    lingo/o
    tongue
  15. Combining Form

    lith/o
    stone
  16. Combining Form

    Mastic/o
    chewing
  17. Combining Form

    or/o
    oral, pertaining to mouth
  18. Combining Form

    Orex/o
    appetite
  19. Combining Form

    Peps/o
    digestion
  20. Combining Form

    phag/o
    eat; to eat
  21. Combining Form

    sial/o
    salivary
  22. Combining Form

    Splen/o
    spleen
  23. Combining Form

    stal/o
    process of contrition
  24. Combining Form

    steat/o
    fat
  25. Combining Form

    stomat/o
    mouth
  26. Suffixes

    -ase
    enzyme
  27. Suffixes

    -emesis
    the act of vomiting or expelled contents
  28. Suffixes

    -entery
    condition of intestines
  29. Suffixes

    -rrhea
    discharge or flow
  30. Abbreviations

    A.C.
    anti cibum before meals
  31. Abbreviations

    BM
    bowel movement
  32. Abbreviations

    BRBPR
    bright red blood per rectum
  33. Abbreviations

    GERD
    gastro esophageal reflux disease
  34. Abbreviations

    LFTs
    liver function test
  35. Abbreviations

    N.P.O.
    nothing by mouth
  36. Abbreviations

    P.C.
    post cibum after meals
  37. Abbreviations

    PEG
    percutaneous endoscope gastrostomy feeding tube
  38. anorexia
    condition of being without appetite
  39. Dysphagia
    problem with swallowing or eating
  40. polyphagia
    excessive overeating being hungry
  41. Sialolithiasis
    inflammation of the mouth
  42. dyspepsia
    painful or difficult digestion
  43. GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
    backflip into esophagus
  44. Hematemesis
    vomiting blood
  45. Peptic ulcer disease (PUD)
    a condition in which painful sores or ulcers develop in the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine (the duodenum).
  46. ileus
    the medical term for this lack of movement somewhere in the intestines that leads to a buildup and potential blockage of food materia
  47. appendicitius
    infection of appendix
  48. diverticulum
    pouches that occur in intestines
  49. hemorrhoids
    swollen veins in your lower rectum. Internal hemorrhoids are usually painless, but tend to bleed.
  50. hematoxhezia
    condition of passing bloody stool
  51. melena
    presence of dark stool
  52. steatorrhea
    undigested fats in stool
  53. hernia
    the abnormal exit of tissue or an organ, such as the bowel, through the wall of the cavity in which it normally resides.
  54. acites
    accumulation of fluid in abdominal pelvic cavity
  55. cirrhosis
    damage to liver results in scarring
  56. hepatitis
    refers to an inflammatory condition of the liver. It's commonly caused by a viral infection, but there are other possible causes of hepatitis. These include autoimmune hepatitis and hepatitis that occurs as a secondary result of medications, drugs, toxins, and alcohol
  57. pancreatitis
    is inflammation of the pancreas. It happens when digestive enzymes start digesting the pancreas itself.
  58. cholangitis
    common bile duct becomes blocked
  59. choleystitis
    inflammation of gall bladder
  60. cholelithiasis
    stone in gall bladder
  61. LFTs
    Liver Function Test
  62. O&P
    ova & parasites
  63. Fecal occult blood test-FOBT (aka guiac test)
    looks at a sample of your stool (feces) to check for blood
  64. cholangiography
    visualization of gall duct
  65. cholangiopancreatography
    or ERCP, is a procedure to diagnose and treat problems in the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas. It combines X-ray and the use of an endoscope—a long, flexible, lighted tube.
  66. colonoscopy
    is an exam used to detect changes or abnormalities in the large intestine (colon) and rectum. During a colonoscopy, a long, flexible tube (colonoscope) is inserted into the rectum. A tiny video camera at the tip of the tube allows the doctor to view the inside of the entire colon.
  67. Paracentesis
    is a form of body fluid sampling procedure, generally referring to peritoneocentesis (also called laparocentesis or abdominal paracentesis) in which the peritoneal cavity is punctured by a needle to sample peritoneal fluid.
  68. Bowel resection with anastomosis
    an artificial connection made by a surgeon.
  69. colostomy
    is a surgical procedure that brings one end of the large intestine out through the abdominal wall.
  70. Herniorraphy
    An operation for repair of a HERNIA and the closure and strengthening of the orifice through which it has passed by means of natural tissue, such as strips of FASCIA, or artificial material.
  71. gastroplasty
    surgical reshape stomach
  72. cholecystectomy
    is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. The operation is done to remove the gallbladder due to gallstones causing pain or infection.
  73. appendectomy
    is the surgical removal of the appendix.
  74. gastrectomy
    surgical removal of a part or the whole of the stomach.
Author
Stephevette
ID
353896
Card Set
Chapter 3
Description
Gastroenterology
Updated

  1. Home
  2. Flashcards
  3. Preview