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dent/i, dentin/o, odont/o
teeth
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Philtrum
bend in the top of the mouth
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abdomin/o, celi/o, cel/o, lapar/o
abdomen
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Pylor/o
pylorus - canal before the intestines that further breaks down food substances
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duoden/o
duodenum - first portion of the small intestine
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jejun/o
jejunum - middle portion of the small intestine
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Ile/o
ileum - bottom portion of the small intestin
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sigmoid/o
sigmoid - s-shaped portion of the intestines
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prolapsed
falling or drooping of an internal organ or part
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Ascites
fluid that gathers in the peritoneal space
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diarrhea
fecal matter in liquid that flows through the body
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steatorrhea
fat in fecal matter
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melena
black stool, blood has coagulated from the upper GI
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hematochezia
bright red blood stoll, damage in the lower GI since blood doesn't have chance to coagulate
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bilirubin
bile with blood, associated with jaundice
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cirrhosis
orange-yellow, chronic disesae of the liver characterized by degneration of liver tissue
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nausea
feeling the need to vomit
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indigestion
lack of digestion
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bruxism
grinding of teeth
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hiatal hernia
opening, gap (a hole in the diaphragm)
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meatus
opening, passage (hole into the passage)
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hemorrhoid
pooling of blood in the sac
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cathartic
to purge something
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nephron
smallest unit of urinary system
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excretion
filtration - reabsorbtion + secretion = urine
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urea
nitrogenous part and uric acid
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albumin/o
albumin - main protein in blood
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vesic/o
bladder or vesicle
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Ren/o, ren/i, nephr/o
kidney
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pyel/o
remal pelvis (basin) - collects all of the urine
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calyx
anything cup-shaped, back of the flower
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hilium
any anatomical structure with a recess in it
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hemodialysis
separating blood, blood must be filtered through a machine and pumped back into the body; hard on heart and needs anit-coagulents
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peritoneal dialysis
use osmosis to filter out, catheter to the peritoneal space and pulls the bad stuff into the peritoneal space, catheter inside of body can risk infection
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micturition
desire to urinate
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incontinence
inability to retain urine, semen, or feces through the loss of sphincter control or of cerebral or spinal lesions
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enuresis
involuntary discharge of urine after the age of bladder control
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