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Test 2

  1. ectomy
    removal
  2. Four functions of the system
    • ingestion
    • digestion
    • absorption
    • elimiation
  3. throat
    pharynx
  4. Peristalsis
    involuntary contaction of muscles
  5. Pyloric Sphincter
    RIng of muscles that surround the opening of the stomach to the duodenum
  6. The 3 sections of the small intestine
    • Duodenum
    • Jujunum
    • ileum
  7. gall bladder
    cholecyst
  8. large intestine
    col/o
  9. liver
    hepat
  10. 3 names for Yellowing of the ski
    • Jaudice
    • Hyperbilirubin
    • Icterus
  11. pancreas
    pancreat
  12. ase
    Enzymes
  13. lipase
    fat enzymes
  14. amylase
    starch enzyme
  15. absorption
    passage of matrials through the walls or the small intestine into the bloodstream
  16. emulsification
    physical process of breaking up large fats globs into smaller globs
  17. Gallbadder
    small sac under the liver, stores bile
  18. Ileum
    3rd part of the small intestine
  19. mastication
    chewing
  20. an
    anus
  21. bucc/o
    cheeck
  22. celi
    belly
  23. cheil
    lip
  24. choledoch
    common bile duct
  25. gloss
    tongue
  26. labi
    lip
  27. lapar
    abdomen
  28. mandibul
    lower jaw
  29. proct
    anus and rectum
  30. rect
    recctum
  31. sialaden
    salivary gland
  32. amyl
    starch
  33. bilirubin
    high levels of this make jandice
  34. chol
    gall
  35. lith
    stone
  36. sial
    saliva
  37. -chezia
    defecation
  38. iasis
    abnormal condition
  39. prandial
    • meal
    • Prepramdial- before meals
  40. etiology
    cause of the illness and treatment
  41. idiopathic
    unknown condition
  42. anorexia
    lack of appetite
  43. borborygmus
    stomach growling
  44. diarrhea
    watery stools
  45. dysphagia
    difficult to swallow
  46. -phagia
    difficulty
  47. eructation
    burp
  48. flatus
    fart
  49. hematochezia
    rebright red stools in the rectum
  50. jaundice
    yellow coloration of skin
  51. steatorrhea
    fat in the feces
  52. oral leukophlakia
    white plaques of the mounth
  53. periodontal disease
    gum disease
  54. achalasia
    failure to contract esophagus muscles
  55. hernia
    protrusion of an organ through the muscle
  56. hiatal hernia
    upper part of the stomach protrudes upward through the diaphragm
  57. inguinal hernia
    when a small loop of bowel protrudes through a weak lower ab muscle
  58. anal fistula
    abnormal tube like passage near the anus
  59. colonic polyps
    protrude from the mucous membrane of the colon
  60. diverticulosis
    abnormal outpouchings in the intestinal wall
  61. ileus
    third part of small intestine
  62. intussusception
    telescoping of the intestines
  63. volvulus
    twisting of the intestine on itself
  64. cholelithiasis
    actual stone in the gallbladder
  65. cirrhosis
    degenerative disease of the liver
  66. -ectasis
    stretching
  67. -emesis
    vomiting
  68. -pepsia
    digestion
  69. -ptysis
    spitting
  70. -rrhaphy
    suture
  71. -stenosis
    tightening
  72. -tresia
    opening
  73. celi
    abdomen
  74. cholangi
    bile vessel
  75. choledoch
    common bile duct
  76. steat
    fat
  77. stool guaiac
    to test blood in the feces
Author
gabbs1128
ID
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Card Set
Test 2
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