Digestive System
Description: Language of Medicine Medical Terms
Complete list of Terms and Definitions for Digestive System
| Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| pylor/o |
pyloric sphincter
Hint:
allows food to leave the stomach when it is ready
|
| celi/o | belly, adominal |
| jejun/o |
jejunum
Hint:
2nd part of the small intestines
|
| duoden/o |
duodenum
Hint:
1st part of the small intestines
|
| cec/o |
cecum
Hint:
1st part of the small intestines
|
| labi/o | lip |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| steat/o | fat |
| cheil/o | lip |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| sigmoid/o |
sigmoid colon
Hint:
part of the large intestines right before the rectum
|
| or/o | mouth |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| dent/i | tooth |
| uvul/o |
uvula
Hint:
mouth
|
| gastro/o | stomach |
| append/o appendic/o | appendix |
| colon/o | colon |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| odont/o | tooth |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| -prandial | meal |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment) |
| -chezia | defacation, elimination of wastes |
| bil/o | gall, bile |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| palat/o | palate |
| mandibul/o | lower jar, mandibule |
| odont/o | tooth |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| prote/o | protein |
| faci/o | face |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| an/o |
anus
Hint:
end of the digestive tract, opening to the outside of the body
|
| glycogen/o | animal starch, glycogen |
| amyl/o | starch |
| lith/o | stone |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| -ase | enzyme |
| col/o | colon (large intestines) |
| rect/o | rectum |
| gloss/o | tongue |