Module 6 Flashcards

Digestive system

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Pharynx

passageway for air from nasal cavity to larynx and for food from mouth to esophagus.

Esophagus

From the Greek word oisophagos meaning “gullet”.

salivary glands

Three pairs of glands that produce salivary secretions, usually as a result of food stimuli or reflex action.

gall bladder

Also called the cholecyst, From the Greek words chole meaning bile and kustis meaning bladder

liver

The combining from for the liver is hepat/o.

stomach

The combining from for the liver is hepat/o.

duodenum

The combining form for duodenum is duoden/o.

pancreas

From the Greek words pan meaning "all" and kreas meaning "flesh“. The combining form for pancreas is pancre/o.

 jejunum

From Latin word ieiunus meaning “empty”. The combining forms are ile/o for ileum and jejun/o for jejunum.

 ileocecal juncture

The ileocecal valve is located here, a muscle which prevents food from reentering the small intestines.

caecum

Also caecum or cecum from the Latin word caecum meaning "blindness" or “blind”.

colon

The colon (From the Greek word kolon) is the first part of the large intestine, beginning at the cecum. The combining form indicating the intestine is enter/o