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Ch.11 Digestive Syst
Medical Terminology class Chapter 11 Digestive System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| INTESTIN / O | intestine |
| STAPHYL / O | bunch of grapes |
| STREPT / O | twisted |
| - AISE | ease |
| - FLUX | flow |
| - TRIPSY | crushing |
| RE - | back |
| APPEND / O | appendix |
| APPENDIC / O | appendix |
| CHOLANGI / O | bile duct; bile vessel |
| CHOLECYST / O | gallbladder (gb) |
| CHOLEDOCH / O | common bile duct |
| COL / O | colon |
| ENTER / O | small intestine; intestine |
| GASTR / O | stomach |
| GINGIV / O | gums; gingiva |
| GLOSS / O | tongue |
| HEPAT / O | liver |
| ILE / O | ileum |
| LABI / O | lips |
| LAPAR / O | abdomen |
| LINGU / O | tongue |
| LITH / O | stone; calculus |
| OREX / O | appetite |
| OR / O | mouth |
| STOMAT / O | mouth |
| - EMESIS | vomiting |
| - PHAGIA | eating; swallowing |
| - PEPSIA | digestion |
| - STOMY | new opening |
| DIA - | through; complete |
| MAL - | bad |
| LIVER FUNCTION | produces bile |
| GALLBLADDER FUNCTION | stores bile |
| PANCREAS FUNCTION | secretes enzymes and hormones |
| ORAL CAVITY | mouth |
| PALATE | roof of the mouth |
| UVULA | sac-like structure at back of palate closes off the nasal passage during swallowing |
| PHARYNX | throat |
| PERISTALSIS | pushes bolus through the esophagus |
| SPHINCTERS | circular muscles that keep food moving on one direction |
| STOMACH REGIONS | cardia, antrum, body, fundus |
| BOLUS | wet ball of food |
| CHYME | partially digested food (semiliquid) |
| RUGAE | folds in stomach |
| PERISTALTIC WAVES | wave like contractions push bolus down esophagus & stomach |
| ESOPHAGEAL HIATUS | opening in diaphragm |
| PYLORIC SPHINCTER | another sphincter where food leaves he stomach |
| BOWEL | refers to the large & small intestine |
| ANAL CANAL | final segment of the rectum |
| PERITONEUM | membrane lining the abdominal and pelvic cavities and covering its organs |
| SMALL INTESTINE | (duodenum, jéjunum, ileum) function: absorb nutrients from digested food and pass them into bloodstream |
| DUODENUM | food enters after leaving stomach |
| Sac-like structure at the back of the mouth is? | UVULA |
| Roof of the mouth is (fundus/cardia/palate) | PALATE |
| Food enters the small intestine as a semiliquid substance called (bolus/chyme) | CHYME |
| The esophageal hiatus is located in the (stomach/esophagus/diaphragm) | DIAPHRAGM |
| The (funds/hiatus/antrum/sphincter) is defined as a tight circular muscle. | SPHINCTER |
| Which of the following is not part of the stomach? (body/hiatus/rugae/cardia) | HIATUS |
| The organ located between the oral cavity and esophagus is the ______. | PHARYNX |
| The organ that empties food into the stomach is __________. | ESOPHAGUS |
| Food leaves the stomach and enters the __________. | DUODENUM |
| The transverse colon is part of the ____________. | LARGE INTESTINE |
| The duodenum is part o f the ___________. | SMALL INTESTINE |
| The function of the small intestine is the _________ of nutrients. | ABSORPTION |
| The appendix is located on the ________ side of the abdomen. | RIGHT |
| LIVER | located: RUQ function: PRODUCES BILE |
| GALLBLADDER | located: UNDER LIVER function: STORES BILE |
| PANCREAS | located: LIES BEHIND STOMACH function: SECRETES ENZYMES AND HORMONES |
| PERITONEUM | membrane lining the abdominal & pelvic cavities and covering its organs |
| The hepatic ducts carry bile from the (gallbladder/liver) | LIVER |
| A greenish yellow fluid stored in gallbladder is (glucagon/bile) | BILE |
| The (pancreas/liver) regulates blood sugar | PANCREAS |
| The peritoneum lines the (abdominal/thoracic) cavity | ABDOMINAL |
| ASCITIC | pertaining to ascites (accumulation of fluid in the abdomen) |
| APHAGIA | inability to swalllow |
| CIRRHOSIS | liver disease |
| DYSPHAGIA | difficulty swallowing |
| HEPATOMA | tumor of the liver |
| ILEUM | the distal portion of the small intestine |
| LABIAL | pertaining to the lip |
| GLOSSITIS | inflammation of tongue |
| ANOREXIA | loss of appetite |
| COLIC | severe abdominal pains. pertaining to the colon |
| COLOSTOMY | creation of a new opening b/w colon and abdominal walls |
| MALAISE | a feeling of uneasiness or discomfort. sign of illness |
| DYSPEPSIA | indigestion |
| HYPEREMESIS | excessive vomiting |
| LITHOTRIPSY | crushing of gallstones into pebbles tiny enough to be removed w/o surgery |
| CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS | condition of stones in the gallbladder |
| MELANEMESIS | black vomit |
| HEMATEMESIS | vomiting of blood |
| POLYPHAGIA | excessive eating |
| GINGIVITUS | inflamed gums |
| GLOSSITIS | inflammation go the tongue |
| COLITIS | inflammation of the colon |
| GASTROENTERITIS | inflammation of the stomach and intestines |
| HERNIA | protrusion or displacement of an organ through a structure that normally holds it in place. (inquinal hernia is a common hernia which is displacement of intestine into the groin area) |
| CROHN'S DISEASE | a form a inflammatory bowel disease that can involve any part of the digestive tract |
| ULCERS | wearing away of the mucous membrane lining the digestive tract |
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