CH 10 Gastroenterology

Medical Term.

GI organs: where food passes through

mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, & rectum/anus

GI accessory organs:

salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, & pancreas

an/o

anus

append/o

appendic/o

appendix

chol/e

bile

cholangi/o

bile duct

cholescyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

col/o

colon/o

colon

diverticul/o

diverticulum

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

intestine

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

hepat/o

liver

ile/o

ileum

jejun/o

jejunum

lapar/o

abdomen

pancreat/o

pancreas

polyp/o

polyp

proct/o

anus and rectum

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

bar/o

weight

hemat/o

blood i

inguin/o

groin

lith/o

stone

nas/o

nose

-emesis

vomiting

-iatric

pertaining to medical treatment

-rrhea

discharge

-tripsy

surgical crushing

-megaly

enlarged

-pepsia

digestion condition

-ptosis

drooping

-phagia

eating or swallowing condition

-plasty

surgical repair

para-

beside, two like parts of a pair

dys-

abnormal, difficult, painful

Three sections of the small intestine:

duodenum, jejunum, and ileum

Four sections of the large intestine

cecum, colon, rectum, and anus

Liver produces ___

bile, which helps digest fat

Gallbladder stores ___ and release it into the ___

bile, duodenum via the common bile duct

The pancreas produces ___ and ___ and releases them into the ____

enzymes, buffers, duodenum via the pancreatic duct

cholelithiasis

condition of having bile stones (gallstones)

cholelithotripsy

surgical crushing of bile stones (gallstones)

cholangiography

process of recording bile duct

choledocholithiasis

condition of stone in common bile duct

gastroenteritis

stomach and intestine inflammation

proctoptosis

drooping of rectum and anus

rectocele

protrusion of the rectum

ascites

accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity

GERD

stomach acid backing up into the esophagus

Crohn Disease

chronic inflammatory bowel disease

Cirrhosis

chronic liver disease characterized by scarring

Intussusception

one section of intestine telescopes into another

Volvulus

the bowel twists around itself, cutting off circulation

Peptic Ulcer Disease

when ulcers perforate or erode into blood vessels