Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Chapter 5: Shiland: Gastrointestinal System
Gastrointestinal System
149
Health Care
12th Grade
11/23/2012
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Health Care Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
-tomy
 Definition
incision, cutting
Term
or/o, stomo/o, stomat/o
 Definition
mouth, oral cavity
Term
gingiv/o
 Definition
gums
Term
cholangi/o
 Definition
bile vessel
Term
-tresia
 Definition
condition of an opening
Term
halit/o
 Definition
breath
Term
apth/o
 Definition
ulceration
Term
peri-
 Definition
surrounding, around
Term
col/o, colon/o
 Definition
large intestine, colon
Term
lob/o
 Definition
lobe, section
Term
cholecyst/o
 Definition
gallbladder
Term
aliment/o
 Definition
nutrition
Term
per-
 Definition
through
Term
dys-
 Definition
bad, difficult, painful, abnormal
Term
fund/o
 Definition
fundus (base, bottom)
Term
rug/o
 Definition
ruga (ridge)
Term
re-
 Definition
back, backward, again
Term
uvul/o
 Definition
uvula
Term
plasm/o
 Definition
formation, growth
Term
cirrh/o
 Definition
orange-yellow
Term
GB
 Definition
gallbladder
Term
IBS
 Definition
irritable bowel syndrome
Term
gloss/o, lingu/o
 Definition
tongue
Term
pancreat/o
 Definition
pancreas
Term
lipid/o, lip/o
 Definition
lipid, fat
Term
-carcinoma
 Definition
cancer of epithelial origin
Term
HAV
 Definition
hepatitis A virus
Term
-phagia
 Definition
condition of swallowing, eating
Term
-occlusion
 Definition
condition of closure
Term
-chezia
 Definition
condition of stools
Term
choledoch/o
 Definition
common bile duct
Term
sialaden/o
 Definition
salivary gland
Term
vill/o
 Definition
villus
Term
BM
 Definition
bowel movement
Term
fec/o
 Definition
feces (stool)
Term
polyp/o
 Definition
polyp
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture, repair
Term
diverticul/o
 Definition
diverticulum (pouch)
Term
plic/o
 Definition
plica (fold)
Term
cutane/o
 Definition
skin
Term
GERD
 Definition
gastroesophageal reflux disease
Term
appendic/o, append/o
 Definition
vermiform appendix
Term
CT scan
 Definition
computed tomography scan
Term
man/o
 Definition
scanty, thin (often used to mean pressure)
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
-kinin
 Definition
movement substance
Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
hepat/o
 Definition
liver
Term
amyl/o
 Definition
starch
Term
-scopy
 Definition
process of viewing
Term
jejun/o
 Definition
jejunum (second part of small intestines
Term
-id, -ine, -ic, -ous
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
hemangi/o
 Definition
blood vessel
Term
N&V
 Definition
nausea and vomiting
Term
hiat/o
 Definition
an opening
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
discharge, flow
Term
tom/o
 Definition
section, cutting
Term
enter/o
 Definition
intestine, small intestine
Term
bi/o
 Definition
life, living
Term
esophag/o
 Definition
esophagus (tube connecting throat to stomach)
Term
sub-
 Definition
under, below
Term
dent/i, odont/o
 Definition
teeth
Term
-plasy
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
corpor/o
 Definition
body, corporis
Term
-plakia
 Definition
condition of patches
Term
BE
 Definition
barium enema
Term
cholesterol/o
 Definition
cholesterol
Term
gluc/o, glyc/o
 Definition
glucose, sugar
Term
herni/o
 Definition
hernia
Term
EGD
 Definition
esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Term
abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen
Term
pharyng/o
 Definition
pharynx (throat)
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor, mass
Term
femor/o
 Definition
femur (thigh)
Term
peritone/o
 Definition
peritoneum
Term
pylor/o
 Definition
pylorus (opening from stomach to duodenum)
Term
pyr/o
 Definition
fire, fever
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
lumin/o
 Definition
lumen (space within a vessel)
Term
BaS
 Definition
barium swallow
Term
-metry
 Definition
process of measurement
Term
cec/o
 Definition
cecum (first part of large intestine)
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad, poor
Term
bucc/o
 Definition
cheek
Term
nas/o, rhin/o
 Definition
nose
Term
exo-
 Definition
outside
Term
duoden/o
 Definition
duodenum (first part of small intestine)
Term
son/o
 Definition
sound
Term
adnex/o
 Definition
accesory
Term
bol/o
 Definition
to throw, throwing
Term
sial/o
 Definition
saliva
Term
cheil/o
 Definition
lips
Term
endo-
 Definition
within
Term
-chalasia
 Definition
condition of relaxation
Term
GI
 Definition
gastrointestinal
Term
cyst/o
 Definition
bladder, sac
Term
-al, -ar, -eal, -tic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
hemorrhoid/o
 Definition
hemorrhoid
Term
proct/o
 Definition
rectum and anus
Term
-flux
 Definition
to flow, flowing
Term
-ia
 Definition
condition
Term
ile/o
 Definition
ileum (third part of small intestines)
Term
melan/o
 Definition
black, dark
Term
-crine
 Definition
to secrete, secreting
Term
-iasis
 Definition
condition, presence of
Term
Lap
 Definition
laparoscopy
Term
py/o
 Definition
pus
Term
fluor/o
 Definition
to flow, flowing
Term
-stomy
 Definition
new opening
Term
rect/o
 Definition
rectum
Term
-scopic
 Definition
pertaining to viewing
Term
PUD
 Definition
peptic ulcer disease
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
LES
 Definition
lower esophageal sphincter
Term
GGT
 Definition
gamma-glutamyl transferase
Term
-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
Term
-genic
 Definition
pertaining to produced by
Term
-stalsis
 Definition
contraction
Term
palat/o
 Definition
palate (roof of mouth)
Term
PEG
 Definition
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Term
-ation
 Definition
process of
Term
umbilic/o
 Definition
umbilicus, navel
Term
lys/o
 Definition
breakdown
Term
-opsy
 Definition
process of viewing
Term
intestin/o
 Definition
intestines
Term
IBD
 Definition
inflammatory bowel disease
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomiting, vomit
Term
-iatric
 Definition
pertaining to treatment
Term
ligat/o
 Definition
tying, to tie
Term
mandibul/o
 Definition
lower jaw (mandible)
Term
an/o
 Definition
anus
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
removal, excision
Term
a-
 Definition
no, not, without
Term
par-, para-
 Definition
near, beside
Term
-occult
 Definition
secret, hidden
Term
leiomy/o
 Definition
smooth (visceral) muscle
Term
lith/o
 Definition
stone, calculus
Term
dia-
 Definition
through, complete
Term
hemat/o, hem/o
 Definition
blood
Term
sigmoid/o
 Definition
sigmoid colon
Term
inguin/o
 Definition
groin
Term
bar/o
 Definition
weight, pressure
Term
gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
Term
HBV
 Definition
hepatitis B virus
Term
chol/e, bil/i
 Definition
bile, gall
Term
peps/o
 Definition
to digest, digesting
Term
maxill/o
 Definition
upper jaw (maxilla)
Supporting users have an ad free experience!