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| (stomach) mucous membrane |
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| mucosa/ lining in stomach called rugae |
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| underneath dentin in center of tooth, |
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| below gum line within bony tooth socket |
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| stretching, dialation, dilatation, widening |
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| breakdown, destruction, separation |
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| drooping, sagging, protruding |
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| bursting forth (of blood) |
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| involuntary contraction of muscles |
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| tightening, stricture, narrowing |
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| 4 functions of the digestive and gastrointestinal tract |
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| ingestion -? digestion -> absorption -> elimination |
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| about 5 feet long, acending, descending, transverse, and sigmoid then leads into anus |
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| FAILURE OF THE LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER (LES) MUSCLE TO RELAX - |
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| ENZYME SECRETED BY PANCREAS TO DIGEST STARCH/ SUGARS |
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| ABNORMAL TUBE-LIKE PASSAGEWAY NEAR THE ANUS |
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| INFLAMMATION OF THE MOUTH WITH SMALL, PAINFUL ULCERS |
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| ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN ABDOMEN |
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| PAIN FROM BLOCKED CYSTIC OR COMMON BILE DUCT (WHEN GALL STONES PRESENT) |
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| BORBORYGMUS (PLURAL- BORBORYGMI) |
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| RUMBLING OR GURGLING NOISE PRODUCED BY MOVEMENT OF GAS AND/OR FLUID IN GI TRACT |
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| GALLSTONES IN THE GALLBLADDER |
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| CHRONIC DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF THE LIVER - DUE TO ALCOHOLISM OR VIRAL HEPATITIS- LOBES OF LIVER GET COVERED BY FIBROUS TISSUE, CELLS DIE AND FAT ACCUMULATES - HOLES IN LIVER FILLED WITH FAT |
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| POLYPS (BENIGN GROWTH) PROTRUDE FROM THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF THE COLON |
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| DIFFICULTY IN PASSING STOOLS/ FECES |
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| CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT (TERMINAL ILEUM AND COLON), A KIND OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE |
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| POUCH-LIKE HERNIATIONS THOROUGH THE MUSCULAR WALL OF THE COLON |
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| CAN OCCUR IF FECAL MATTER GETS STUCK IN HERNIATIONS IN COLON |
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| ABNORMAL OUTPOUCHINGS IN THE INTESTINAL WALL |
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| PAINFUL, INFLAMED INTESTINES COMMONLY CAUSED BY BACTERIAL INFECTION, CAUSED BY CONSUMING WATER THAT CONTAINS SALMONELLAE OR SHIGELLAE, AMEBAE, OR VIRUSES |
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| GAS EXPELLED FROM STOMACH THRU MOUTH |
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| MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE ESOPHAGUS |
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| SUBSTANCE PRODUCED WHEN FATS ARE GIGESTED |
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| GAS EXPELLED THRU ANUS - FLATULENCE |
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| PEAR SHAPED SACK UNDER THE LIVER, STORES BILE FOR LATER. AFTER EATING IT CONTRACTS FORCING BILE THROUGH CYSTIC DUCT INTO COMMON BILE DUCT |
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| CALCULI (STONES) PREVENT BILE FROM LEAVING THE GALLBLADDER AND BILE DUCTS- CAN CAUSE PAIN, JAUNDICE AND MAY REQUIRE LAPARASCOPIC OR MINIMAL INVASIVE SURGERY |
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| MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE STOMACH |
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| GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD) |
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| SOLIDS AND FLUIDS RETURN TO THE MOUTH FROM THE STOMACH. |
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| EXCESS GLUCOSE FROM BLOOD STORED AS GLYCOGEN (STARCH) - STORED IN LIVER CELLS |
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| PROCESS WHERE LIVER CONVERTS GLYCOGEN INTO GLUCOSE DUE TO LOW BLOOD SUGAR |
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| PROCESS WHERE LIVER CONVERTS PROTEINS & FATS INTO GLUCOSE |
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| BURNING SENSATION CAUSED BY REGURGITATION OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID FROM THE STOMACH |
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| PASSAGE OF BRIGHT, RED BLOOD FROM RECTUM |
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| EXCESSIVE DESTRUCTION OF ERYTHROCYTES |
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| SWOLLEN, TWISTED, VARICOSE VEINS IN THE RECTAL REGION- CAN OCCUR INSIDE RECTUM OR OUTSIDE THE ANAL SPHINCTER |
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| CAUSED BY HEPATITIS A VIRUS, SPREAD DUE TO CONTAMINATED FOOD OR WATER - COMPLETE RECOVERY IS LIKELY |
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| CAUSED BY HEPATITIS B VIRUS TROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION, SEXUAL CONTACT, OR THE USE OF NEEDLES/ DRUG USERS - SEVERE DESTRUCTION OF LIVER CELLS, CIRRHOSIS, AND DEATH MAY OCCUR |
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| CAUSED BY HEPATITIS C VIRUS TROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION, SEXUAL CONTACT, OR THE USE OF NEEDLES/ DRUG USERS - SEVERE DESTRUCTION OF LIVER CELLS, CIRRHOSIS, AND DEATH MAY OCCUR |
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| PROTRUSION OF AN ORGAN OR PART THROUGH THE MUSCLE NORMALLY CONTAINING IT |
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| SURGICAL REPAIR OF INGUINAL HERNIAS |
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| INFLAMMATION OF THE MOUTH CAUSED BY INFECTION WITH THE HERPESVIRUS |
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| UPPER PART OF STOMACH PROTRUDES UPWARD THROUGH THE DIAPHRAGM- MAY LEAD TO GERD |
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| LOSS OF PERISTALSIS WITH RESULTING OBSTRUCTION OF THE INTESTINES |
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| SMALL LOOP OF BOWEL PROTRUDES DOWNWARD THRU A WEAK PART OF LOWER ABDOMINAL MUSCLE |
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| HORMONE NEEDED TO RELEASE SUGAR FROM BLOOD; IT BRINGS GLUCOSE INTO CELLS OF BODY TO BE USED FOR ENERGY |
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| GROUP OF GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH STRESS AND TENSION, PEOPLE MAY HAVE DIARRHEA, CONSTIPATION, BLOATING, AND/OR LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN |
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| 1 MAINTAIN NORMAL BLOOD GLUCOSE 2MANUFACTORING BLOOD PROTEINS (FOR CLOTTING) 3 RELEASING BILIRUBIN 4 REMOVING TOXINS FROM BLOOD |
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| LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY |
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| REMOVAL OF GALLBLADDER AND STONES WITH LAPAROSCOPE |
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| ENZYME SECRETED BY PANCREAS TO DIGEST FAT |
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| BLACK, TARRY STOOLS; FECES CONTAINING DIGESTED BLOOD |
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| UNPLEASENT SENSATION IN THE STOMACH ASSOCIATED WITH TENDENCY TO VOMIT |
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| WHITE PLAQUE OR PATCHES ON THE MUCOSA OF THE MOUTH |
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| BOTH EXOCRINE AND ENDOCRINE; ENDOCRINE; INSULIN INTO BLOOD STREAM; EXOCRINE: ENZYMES TO DUODENUM FOR DIGESTION |
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| MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE PANCREAS - TREATMENT IS PANCREATODUODENECTOMY (WHIPPLE PROCEDURE) |
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| INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS DUE TO DIGESTIVE ENZYMES ATTACKING PANCREATIC TISSUE & DAMAGING THE GLAND - MAY BE DUE TO ALCOHOLISM, DRUGS, GALLSTONE OBSTRUCTION, AND VIRAL INFECTIONS |
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| PATH OF BILE THROUGH THE BODY |
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| LIVER -> HEPATIC DUCT -> CYSTIC DUCT -> GALLBLADDER |
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| PATHWAY OF FOOD THRU GI TRACT |
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| ORAL CAVITY -> PHARYNX -> ESOPHAGUS -> STOMACH -> DUODENUM -> JEJUNUM -> ILEUM -> CECUM -> ASCENDING COLON -> TRANSVERSE COLON -> DESCENDING COLON -> SIGMOID COLON -> RECTUM -> ANUS |
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| OPEN SORE IN THE LINING OF THE STOMACH OR DUODENUM (PART WHERE STOMACH MEETS THE SMALL INTESTINE) |
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| INFLAMMATION AND DEGENERATION OF GUMS, TEETH, AND SURROUNDING BONE |
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| BRINGS BLOOD TO LIVER FROM INTESTINES; DIGESTED FOOD PASSES INTO VEIN & GETS ABSORBED BY CAPILLARIES |
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| PROCESS OF EMULSIFICATION |
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| BILE BREAKS DOWN LARGE FAT GLOBULES INTO LITTLER ONES -> PANCREATIC JUICES CAN DIGEST FATS, W/O BILE FAT STAYS UNDIGESTED |
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| ENZYME SECRETED BY PANCREAS TO DIGEST PROTEIN |
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| CAUSED BY CHRONIC EXPOSURE OF ESOPHAGEAL MUCOSA TO GASTRIC ACID AND PEPSIN (ENZYME THAT BREAKS PROTEIN DOWN) |
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| FAT IN THE FECES; FROTHY, FOUL-SMELLING FECAL MATTER |
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| CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE COLON WITH PRESENCE OF ULCERS |
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| INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER CAUSED BY A VIRUS - 3 TYPES- HEPATITIS A, HEPATITIS B, HEPATITIS C |
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| TWISTING OF THE INTESTINE ON ITSELF (CAUSES INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION) |
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| WHAT DOES THE PANCREAS DO WHEN FOOD IN STOMACH? |
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| IT SECREATES PANCREATIC JUICES (ENZYMES) RELEASED THRU PANCREATIC DUCT WHICH COMBINES W/ COMMON BILE DUCT WHEN ENTERING INTO DUODENUM |
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| Lack of hydrochloric acid. |
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| Lack of hydrochloric acid. |
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| Enzyme that digests starch. |
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| Enzyme that digests starch. |
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| Removal (resection) of the appendix. |
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| Inflammation of the appendix. |
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| has no clear function; hangs from the cecum; becomes inflammed when cloged |
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| thick, orange-black, often green fluid, contains cholesterol, bile acids, and bile pigments (i.e bilirubin) |
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| produced from breakdown of hemoglobin during normal red cell destruction, travels to liver via blood stream, then gets converted to water-soluble form, added to bile, then enters intestine |
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| The mucous membrane (mucosa) lining the cheek. |
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| premolar and molar teeth - towards cheeks |
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| Pertaining to the abdomen. |
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| covers, protects, and supports dentin in root, surrounded by periodontal membrane |
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| Abnormal condition of the lips. |
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| Removal of the gallbladder. |
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| New opening between the common bile duct and the jejunum; anastomosis. |
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| Condition of stones in the common bile duct. |
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| Condition of stones in the common bile duct. |
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| Incision of the common bile duct. |
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| Abnormal condition of gallstones. |
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| Abnormal condition of gallstones. |
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| Process of visual examination of the colon. |
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| ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE COLON OR RECTUM, OR BOTH |
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| New opening of the colon to the outside of the body. |
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| Pertaining to tooth and cheek. |
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| main substance of tooth; below enamel; yellow color; bony tissue; softer than enamel |
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| about 11 feet long, attaches to first part of large intestine |
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| about 8 feet long, second part of small bowel, connects to ileum |
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| passage of watery stools, because walls of large intestine can't absorb |
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| side of tooth farther away from medial line (where jaw splits in half) |
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| Pertaining to the duodenum (first part of the small intestine |
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| drugs that promote vomiting |
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| outermost protective layer of the crown; dense, hard, white substance; hardest in body |
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| Dentist specializing in operating within the tooth (root canal specialist). |
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| Inflammation of the small and large intestines. |
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| New opening between two previously unconnected parts of the small intestine. |
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| flap of tissue covers the trachea (wind pipe) when swallowing so food doesn't enter |
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| Pertaining to the esophagus. |
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| swollen, varicose veins at the lower end of the esophagus (caused by liver disease such as cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis) |
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| New opening between the stomach and the jejunum; anastomosis. |
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New opening into the stomach through the abdominal wall. This may be necessary
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| Production of new sugar from proteins and fats (by the liver). |
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| Production of new sugar from proteins and fats (by the liver). |
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| Breakdown of glycogen to form sugar (glucose). |
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| Breakdown of glycogen to form sugar (glucose). |
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| Bright red blood in the feces. |
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| Bright red blood in the feces. |
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| Tumor (malignant) of the liver; hepatocellular carcinoma. |
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| Enlargement of the liver. |
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| how long is the small intestine (small bowel)? |
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| 20 feet, from pyloric sphincter to beginning of large intestine |
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| how many teeth does an adult have? |
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| jaundice; means bile duct is clogged or liver damaged |
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| Excess bilirubin in the blood; jaundice. |
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| Excess bilirubin in the blood; jaundice. |
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| Pertaining to under the tongue. |
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| Inflammation of the ileum. |
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| Pertaining to the ring of muscles between the ileum and the cecum. |
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| New opening of the ileum to the outside of the body. |
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| only incisors and canines have this |
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| TELESCOPING OF THE INTESTINES (IT PUSHES INTO ITSELF LIKE A TELESCOPE) |
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| jejunum (second part of the small intestine) |
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| incisors and canine teeth - nearest the lips |
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| Visual examination of the abdomen. |
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| large intestine (enter/o) |
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| extends from ileum to the anus, has 3 parts to it- cecum, colon and rectum |
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| toward inside of mouth/ tongue |
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| Formation of a stone (calculus). |
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| Formation of a stone (calculus). |
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| located in RUQ, manufactors bile |
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| lower esophageal sphincter |
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| (LES) relaxes & contracts to move food into stomach |
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| splitting jaw left and right |
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| Membrane that holds the intestines together (literally, middle of the intestines). |
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| side of a tooth closer to medial line (where jaw is split in half) |
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| only molars and premolars have this- matching top to bottom teeth |
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| Dentist specializing in straightening teeth. |
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| Surgical repair of the palate and throat. |
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| Surgical repair of the palate and throat. |
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| Surgical repair of the palate. |
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| Inflammation of the pancreas. |
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| Inflammation of the pancreas. |
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| small raised areas on tongue |
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Pertaining to apart from the intestines (refers to delivery of substances any way
other than through the digestive tract). |
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| begins digestion of proteins |
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| pertaining to surrounding the anus |
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| surrounds cementum, holds tooth in place |
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| Dentist specializing in gums. |
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| Inflammation of the peritoneum. |
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| Inflammation of the peritoneum. |
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| Pertaining to the throat. |
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| Pertaining to the throat. |
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| causes increased pressure on veins near and around the liver caused by liver disease (such as cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis) |
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| Pertaining to after meals. |
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| Pertaining to after meals. |
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| Specialist in the anus and rectum. |
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| Specialist in the anus and rectum. |
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| Enzyme that digests protein. |
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| Enzyme that digests protein. |
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| allows food to leave stomach when ready |
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| Surgical repair of the pyloric sphincter. |
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| Surgical repair of the pyloric sphincter. |
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| blood vessels, nerve endings, connective tissue, and lymphatic vessels |
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| irregular ridges covering the top of the mouth |
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| contains digestive glands producing pepsin (enzyme) and hydrochloric acid |
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| Inflammation of salivary glands |
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| Inflammation of salivary glands |
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| Visual examination of the sigmoid colon. |
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| Visual examination of the sigmoid colon. |
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| rings of muscles - in stomach and butt for example, keeps food from regurgitating |
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| Discharge of fats (in feces). |
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| Discharge of fats (in feces). |
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| Inflammation of the mouth. |
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| Inflammation of the mouth. |
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| Pertaining to under the tongue. |
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| Pertaining to under the lower jaw. |
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| three main parts of stomach |
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| fundus (upper), body (middle) and antrum (lower) |
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| three sections of the small bowel? |
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| duodenum, only 1 foot long, receives food from stomach and bile from liver & gallbladder,and pancreatic juice |
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| masses of lymphatic tissue in back of throat |
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| uvula (soft tissue hanging from the middle of the soft palate) aids in speech |
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| what are the three important additional organs of the digestive system? |
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| liver, gallbladder, and pancreas |
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| what are the three salivary glands? |
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| paratoid, submandibular, and sublingual gland |
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| what is a villus (villi)? |
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| millions of tiny ripples in small intestine, have tiny capillaries that absorb nutrients into blood stream & lymph vessels |
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| involuntary, progressive, rhythmic contractions of muscles pushing food toward stomach |
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| what is the facial surface? |
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| both labial and buccal surface are called the facial surface |
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| what is the job of enzymes and bile? |
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| help digest food before it passes into second part of small bowel |
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| what is the main function of the large intestine? |
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| receives fluid waste products, stores them until can be released, absorbs most of the water, creating solid stool |
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| what is the proper term for pooping? |
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| what is the purpose of having tonsils? |
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| they are filters to protect body from invasion of microorganisms and produce lymphocytes |
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| what two important components is saliva composed of? |
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| enzymes and cytokines(aid in healing) |
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| pertaining to, producting, produced by, or produced in |
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| Glands that secrete hormones within the body. |
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| One who specializes in endocrine glands. |
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| Study of the endocrine glands. |
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| Instrument to visually examine within (the body). |
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| Process of visually examining within (the body). |
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| intestines (usually the small intestine) |
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| Inflammation of the intestines |
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| Disease of the intestines. |
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| Outer layer of skin; above the dermis layer. |
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| Pertaining to above the stomach |
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| Process of cutting out; to resection. |
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| Glands that secrete chemicals to the outside of the body. |
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| Pertaining to the stomach. |
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| A decrease in erythrocytes or hemoglobin. |
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| Study of females and female diseases. |
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| Collection (mass) of blood. |
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Blood protein found in red blood cells. Hemoglobin carries oxygen to the cells
from the lungs and carbon dioxide away from cells to the lungs. |
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| inflammation of the liver |
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| Tumor (malignant) of the liver |
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| Condition of increased blood sugar. |
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| Condition of too much secretion of hormone (thyroxine) from the thyroid gland. |
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| Pertaining to under the skin. |
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| Pertaining to below the stomach. |
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| Condition of low blood sugar. |
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Pertaining to being produced by treatment. A rash occurring after
treatment with a drug, such as penicillin, is an iatrogenic condition.
A related term, nosocomial, refers to any infection acquired in a hospital
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| Process of cutting into. Scissors cut. |
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| Blood condition of white cells; malignant (cancerous) condition |
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| Abnormal condition (slight increase) of normal white blood cells. |
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| Removal (resection) of a kidney |
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| Inflammation of the kidney. |
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| Abnormal condition of the kidney. |
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| Pertaining to the study of nerves. |
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Study of nerves.
oncology Study of tumors. |
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| Specialist in the study of tumors. |
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| Specialist in the study of diagnosing and treating disorders of the eye. |
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Instrument for visual examination of the eye. Proper pronunciation helps
in the spelling of this term. The initial syllable is pronounced “off” and is
spelled “oph”. |
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| Inflammation of bone and joints (actually degeneration of joint tissue). |
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| Pertaining to producing disease. |
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| One who studies diseases, performs autopsies, and examines biopsy samples. |
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| Pertaining to treatment of children. |
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| Structure (membrane) surrounding the heart. |
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State of before knowledge; prediction about the outcome of an illness.
An agnostic is a person who professes no (a-) knowledge of God. |
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| Exocrine gland in front of (before) the urinary bladder in males. |
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| Specialist in the treatment of the mind. |
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Pertaining to the kidney. Ren/o (Latin) is used with -al (Latin), and nephr/o
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Removal; excision. From the Latin “resecare” meaning “to cut back, trim or
curtail.” Thus a resection is an operation wherein an organ is “cut back”
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| Pertaining to behind the heart. |
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| Inflammation of the nose. |
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Tumor of flesh tissue (cancerous tumor of connective tissues, such as bone,
muscle, cartilage, fat). Sarcasm is an utterance intended to “cut into the flesh”
and a sarcophagus is a box or container (Egyptian coffin) intended to “swallow
flesh.” Phag/o means to eat or swallow |
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| Pertaining to below the liver. |
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| Pertaining to across or through the liver. |
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| Study of the urinary tract. |
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| what is interstitial tissue |
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| tissue between the cells of a structure or part in plant or animal. |
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| what is parenchymal tissue? |
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The parenchyma of an organ consists of that tissue which conducts the specific function of the organ and which usually comprises the bulk of the organ
EXAMPLE:
The parenchyma of the brain is nervous tissue (nerve cells and glia). The blood vessels within the brain and the connective tissue associated with these blood vessels are stroma. |
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