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Digestive
Terms to know about the Alimentary System
Term | Definition |
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GLOSSAL | tongue |
LINGUAL | tongue |
BUCCAL | cheek |
LABIAL | lip |
PALATAL | palate |
PERIODONTAL | around the teeth |
GINGIVAL | gums |
ESOPHAGEAL | esophagus |
GASTRIC | stomach |
PYLORIC | the opening from the stomach into the duodenum |
ENTERIC | intestines |
DUODENAL | duodenum |
JEJUNAL | jejunum |
ILEOCECAL | ileum and the cecum |
HEPATIC | liver |
BILARY | bile |
PANCREATIC | pancreas |
PERITONEAL | membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and covering the abdominal organs. |
PERISTALSIS | around contraction |
HAUSTRATION | small pouches found in the colon and rectum |
DEGLUTITION | the act of swallowing |
DEFECATION | a bowel movement |
POSTPRANDIAL | after a meal |
MUCUS | the presence of slime |
MUCOSAL | mucus |
MUCOID | resembling mucus |
SUBMUCOSAL | beneath mucus |
LACTEAL | milky |
LIPASE | an enzyme of fat |
AMYLASE | an enzyme of starch |
COPROPHAGIA | fecal eating |
HEMATOCHEZIA | bloody feces |
MELENIC | black feces |
STEATORRHEIC | loose, fatty feces |
LIPEMIA | fatty blood |
HYPERSIALOSIS | excessive saliva |
GASTROENTERITIS | inflammation of the stomach and intestines |
COLITIS | inflammation of the colon |
PERITONITIS | inflammation of the peritoneum |
ICTERIC | jaundice |
BILIRUBINEMIA | a yellow-pigmented by-product of hemoglobin breakdown |
DYSPHAGIA | difficulty eating |
STOMATITIS | inflammation of the stomach |
ANOREXIA | a state without appetite |
NECROTIC | death |
CHYLOTHORAX | milky, fat-laden fluid in the chest |
OROGASTRIC | administration of food or meds by the passage of a tube from the mouth to the stomach |
ANTIEMETIC | against vomiting |
ANTIDIARRHEAL | against diarrhea |
LAPAROTOMY | an abdominal surgery |
ENTEROTOMY | to surgically cut into the intestines |
COLECTOMY | to surgically remove part or all of the colon |
GASTROSTOMY | to surgically create an opening into the stomach |
OMENTOPEXY | to surgically suture the omentum to the abdominal wall |
GASTROPEXY | to surgically suture the stomach to the abdominal wall |
GASTROSCOPY | viewing the stomach through an endoscope |
PALATOSCHISIS | cleft palate |