Digestive system chapter 5 & 6

an/o

anus

append/o or appendic/o

appendix

bucc/o

cheek

cec/o

cecum

celi/o

belly, abdomen

cheil/o or labi/o

lip

chol/e or bil/i

gall, bile

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

col/o or colon/o

colon

dent/i

tooth

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

intestines (small)

esophag/o

esophagus

faci/o

face

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o or lingu/o

tounge

hepat/o

liver

ile/o

ileum

jejun/o

jejunum

lapar/o

abdomen

mandibul/o

lower jaw, mandible

odont/o

tooth

orth/o

straight

or/o

mouth

palat/o

palate

pancreat/o

pancreas

peritone/o

peritoneum

pharyng/o

pharynx, throat

proct/o

anus and rectum

pylor/o

pyloric sphincter

rect/o

rectum

sialaden/o

salivary gland

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

stomat/o

mouth

uvul/o

uvula

amyl/o

starch

bilirubin/o

bilirubin (bile pigment)

chlorhydr/o

hydrochloric acid

gluc/o or glyc/o

sugar

glycogen/o

glycogen, “animal starch”

lip/o

fat, lipid

lith/o

stone

prote/o

protein

py/o

pus

sial/o

saliva, salivary

steat/o

fat

-ase

enzyme

-chalasia

relaxation

-chezia

defecation, elimination of wastes

-iasis

abnormal condition

-orexia

appetite

-prandial

meal

-emesis

vomitting

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhage or -rrhagia

bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-spasm

involuntary contraction of muscles

-stasis

stopping, controlling

-stenosis

narrowing, tightening

-tresia

opening

cholangi/o

bile duct (general)

phas/o

speech

splen/o

spleen

icterus

jaundice

varices

dialated swollen veins

-ectasis or -ectasia

stretching, dilation, widening

canine teeth

pointed, dog-like teeth next to the incisors; also called cuspids or eyeteeth

cecum

first part of the large intestine

what includes the colon

large intestine—→ cecum, ascending, transverse and descending segments of the colon and the rectum

deglutition

swallowing

whats the order of the large intestine

cecum—> ascending colon —> transverse colon —> descending colon—> sigmoid colon —> rectum —> anus

whats the order of the small intestine

duodenum —> jejunum —> ileum

enamel

hard, outermost layer of a tooth

study the tooth

amyl/o

starch

-ase

enzyme

-tresia

opening

-stomy

create an opening to an organ

-tomy

incision