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10/05/2012
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Absorption
 Definition
Passage of materials through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream
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Amino acids
 Definition
Small building blocks of proteins (like links in a chain), releasted when proteins are digested
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Amylase
 Definition
Enzymes secreted the pancreas to digest starch
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Anus
 Definition
Terminal and or opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body.
Term
Appendix
 Definition

Blind pouch hanging from the cecum (in the right lower quadrant) 

literally means hanging (pend/o) on to (ap-, which is a form of ad-)
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bile
 Definition
Digestive juices made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
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Bilirubin
 Definition
Pigment released by the liver in bile
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Bowel
 Definition
Intestine
Term
Canine teeth
 Definition
Pointed, dog-like teeth next to the incisors. also called cuspids of eyeteeth.
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cecum
 Definition
First part of the large intestine
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colon
 Definition
Large intestine, consisting of cecum; the acsending, transverse, and descending segments of the colon; and the rectum
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Common bile duct
 Definition
Carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum. also called the choledochus.
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Defecation
 Definition
Elimination of feces from the digestive tract through the anus
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deglutiton
 Definition
Swallowing
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dentin
 Definition
The primary material found in the teeth. It is covered by the enamel in the crown and a protective layer of cementum in the root
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Digestion
 Definition
Breakdown of complex foods into simpler forms
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duodenum
 Definition

 

The first part of the small intestine. Duo=2, den=10; the suodenum measures 12 inches long
Term
an/o
 Definition

anus

 

 

perianal
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append/o

 

appendic/o

 Definition

appendix

 

appendectomy
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bucc/o
 Definition

cheek

 

buccal mucosa

 

a mucosa is a mucous membrane lining cavities or canals that open to the outside of the body
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cec/o
 Definition

cecum

 

 

cecal
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celi/o
 Definition

belly, abdomen

 
Term
cheil/o
 Definition

lip

 

 

 
Term
cholecyst/o
 Definition
gallbladder
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choledoch/o
 Definition
common bile duct
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col/
 Definition
colon, large intestine
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colon/o
 Definition
colon
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dent/i
 Definition
tooth
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duoden/o
 Definition
duodenum
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enter/o
 Definition
intestines, usually small intestine
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esophag/o
 Definition
esophagus
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faci/o
 Definition
face
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gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
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gingiv/o
 Definition
gums
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gloss/o
 Definition
tongue
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hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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ile/o
 Definition
ileum
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jejun/o
 Definition
jejunum
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labi/o
 Definition
lip
Term
lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen
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lingu/o
 Definition
tongue
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mandibul/o
 Definition
lower jaw, mandible
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odont/o
 Definition
tooth
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or/o
 Definition
mouth
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palat/o
 Definition
palate
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pancreat/o
 Definition
pancreas
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peritone/o
 Definition
peritoneum
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pharyng/o
 Definition
throat
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proct/o
 Definition
anus and rectum
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pylor/o
 Definition
pyloric sphincter
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rect/o
 Definition
rectum
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sialaden/o
 Definition
salicary, gland
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sigmoid/o
 Definition
sigmoid colon
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stomat/o
 Definition
mouth
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uvul/o
 Definition
uvula
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amly/o
 Definition
starch
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bil/i
 Definition
gall, bile
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bilirubin/o
 Definition
bilirubin (bile pigment)
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chol/e
 Definition
gall, bile
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chlorhydr/o
 Definition
hydrochloic acid
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gluc/o
 Definition
sugar
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glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
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glycogen/o
 Definition
glycogen, animal starch
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lip/o
 Definition
fat, lipid
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lith/o
 Definition
stone
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prote/o
 Definition
protein
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sial/o
 Definition
saliva, salivary
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steat/o
 Definition
fat
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-ase
 Definition
enzyme
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-chezia
 Definition
defecation elimination of waste
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-iasis
 Definition
abnormal conditon
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-prandial
 Definition
meal
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