The Language of Medicine - Digestive System (Ch 5&6)

This set contains the terminology, combining forms, and suffixes for the digestive system.

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Absorption
Passage of materials through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream
Amino acid
Building blocks of proteins, produced when proteins are digested
Amylase
Enzyme secreted by the pancreas to digest starch
Anus
Opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body
Appendix
Blind pouch hanging from the cecum in RLQ; literally hanging (pend/o) on (ap-)
Bile
Digestive juice made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder; emulsifies large fat globules; composed of bile pigments, cholesterol, and bile salts
Bilirubin
Pigment released by the liver in bile
Bowel
Intestine
Peristalsis
Rhythmic contractions of the tubes of the GI tract and other structures; contents of GI move at different rates: stom.5-2h, s.i.2-6h, col.6-72h
Cecum
First part of the large intestine
Colon
Large intestine, consisting of the cecum, ascending, transverse, and descending segments, and rectum
Common bile duct
Carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum; aka the choledochus
Defecation
Elimination of feces from the digestive tract through the rectum
Deglutition
Swallowing
Dentin
Major tissue composing teeth, covered by the enamel in the crown and a protective layer of cementum in the root