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Breaks food apart by the action of the teeth, mostens and lubricates food with saliva, food formed into a bolus.
Mouth
Serve as organs of mastication.
Teeth
Is common passageway for both respiration and digestion; muscular constrictions move the bolus into the esophagus.
Pharynx
Moves the food by peristalsis down the esophagus into the stomach.
Esophagus
Reduces food to digestible state; converts the food into a semi-liquid form.
Stomach
Digests and absorbs food, nutrients absorbed into tiny capillaries and lymph vessels in the walls of the small intestine and transmitted to body cells by the circulatory system.
Small intestine
Removes water from the fecal material, stores, an then eliminates waste from the body via the rectum and anus.
Large intestine
Secrete saliva to moisten and lubricate food.
Salivary glands
Changes glucose to glycogen and stores it until needed; changes glycogen back to glucose; desaturates fats, assists in protein catabolism; manufactures bile, fibrinogen, prothrombin, heparin, and blood proteins; stores vitamins; produces heat; and detoxifies substances.
Liver
Stores and concentrates bile.
Gallbladder
Secretes pancreatic juice into the small intestine, contains cells that produce digestive enzymes, secretes insulin and glucagon.
Pancreas
absorpt
to suck in
-ion
process
amyl
starch
-ase
enzyme
anabol
a building up
-ism
condition
an-
lack of
-orexia
appetite
append
appendix
-ectomy
surgical excision
-itis
inflammation
bili
gall, bile
-ary
pertaining to
bucc
cheek
-al
pertaining to
catabol
a casting down
celi
abdomen, belly
-ac
pertaining to
cheil
lip
chole
gall, bile
cyst
bladder
-ectomy
surgical excision
choledocho
common bile duct
cirrh
orange-yellow
col
colon
colon
colon
-ic
pertaining to
-stomy
new opening
constipat
to press together
-ion
process
defecat
to remove dregs
dent
tooth
-algia
pain, ache
-ist
one who specializes
diverticul
diverticula
duoden
duodenum
dys-
difficult
enter
intestine
-pepsia
to digest
-phagia
to eat, to swallow
eme
to vomit
-sis
condition
-ic
pertaining to
epi-
above
eructat
a breaking out
esophage
esophagus
fibr
fibrous tissue
-oma
tumor
gingiv
gums
glosso
tongue
glyco
sweet, sugar
-genesis
formation, produce
halit
breath
hemat
blood
-emesis
vomiting
hemorrh
vein liable to bleed
-oid
resemble
hepat
lier
hernio
hernia
-rraphy
suture
alimentat
nourishment
ile
ileum
labi
lip
laparo
abdomen
laxat
to loosen
-ive
nature of, quality of
lingu
tongue
lipo
fat
-lysis
destruction, to separate
absorpt
to suck in
masticat
to chew
mes
middle
pancreat
pancreas
paralyt
to disable; paralysis
-us
pertaining to
pept
to digest
odont
tooth
-stalsis
contraction
pharynge
pharynx
pilo
hair
nid
nest
cyst
sac
prandi
meal
procto
anus, rectum
pylor
pylorus, gatekeeper
-cele
hernia
sial
saliva
aden
gland
sigmoido
sigmoid
spleno
spleen
-megaly
enlargement, large
stomat
mouth
sub-
below
vermi
worm
-form
shape
volvul
to roll
ac
before meals (ante cibum)
A/G
albumin/globulin (ratio)
Ba
barium
BAC
blood alcohol concentration
BE
barium enema
BM
bowel movement
BRP
bathroom privileges
BS
bowel sounds
CEA
carcinoembryonic antigen
CHO
carbohydrate
chol
cholesterol
CUC
chronic ulcerative colitis
E. coli
Escherichia coli
ERCP
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
GB
gall bladder
GERD
gastroesophageal reflux disease
GGT
gamma-glutamyl transferase
GI
gastrointestinal
GTT
glucose tolerance tract
HAA
hepatitis-associated antigen
HAV
hepatitis A virus
HBIG
hepatitis B immune globulin
HBV
hepatitis B virus
HCl
hydrochloric acid
IBS
irritable bowel syndrome
LES
lower esophageal sphincter
MALT
mucosal-associated lymphoid type (lymphoma)
NANBH
non-A, non-B hepatitis virus
NG
nasogastric (tube)
NH4
ammonia
NPO, npo
nothing by mouth
N&V
nausea and vomiting
O&P
ova and parasites
pc
after meals (post cibum)
PEG
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
PP
postprandial (after meals)
PUD
peptic ulcer disease
RDA
recommended dietary or daily allowance
TPN
total parenteral nutrition
UGI
upper gastrointestinal