Digestive system 2

abdomin/o

abdomen

append/o, appendic/o

appendix

bil/l

bile; gall

bucc/o

cheek

cec/o

cecum (1st part of lg intestine)

chol/e

gall; bile

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

col/o, colon/o

colon; large intestine

duodeno/o

duodenum (1st part of sm intestine)

enter/o

intestines (usually sm intestine)

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

gluc/o, glyc/o

sugar; glucose

hepat/o

liver

herni/o

hernia

ile/o

ileum (3rd part of the sm intestine)

inguin/o

groin

jaund/o

yellow

jejun/o

jejunum (2nd part of the sm intestine)

lapar/o

abdominal wall; abdomen

ling/o

tongue

lith/o

stone; calculus

or/o

mouth

pancreat/o

pancreas

peritone/o

peritoneum (membrane that lines abdominal cavity and covers abdominal organs)

phag/o

eat; swallowing; engulfing

sial/o

saliva; salivary gland

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon; sigmoid

splen/o

spleen

stomat/o

mouth

de-

lack of; down; less; removal of

dia-

through; complete

peri-

around; surrounding

post-

after; behind

pre-

before; in front of

sub-

below; under

ultra-

beyond; excess

-ase

enzyme

-chezia

defecation; elimination of waste

-clysis

irrigation; washing

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-emesis

vomiting

-iasis

abnormal condition

-pepsia

digestion

-pexy

surgical fixation

-phagia

eating; swallowing

-rrhaphy

suture

-scope

instrument used to view

-stalsis

contraction

-stomy

surgical opening