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149 Cards in this Set
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or/o
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Mouth
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gloss/o
lingu/o |
toungue
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bucc/o
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Cheek
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cheil/o
labi/o |
Lip
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dent/o
odont/o |
Teeth
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gingiv/o
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Gums
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sial/o
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saliva, salivary gland
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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pharyng/o
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throat/pharynx
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gastr/o
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stomach
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pylor/o
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pylorus
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duoden/o
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duodenum/first part of small intestine
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enter/o
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intestine(usually small intestine
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jejun/o
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jejunum/second part of small intestine
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ile/o
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illeum/3rd part of small intestine
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append/o
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appendix
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appendic/o
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appendix
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col/o
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colon
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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rect/o
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rectum
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proct/o
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anus/rectum
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an/o
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anus
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hepat/o
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liver
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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cholangi/o
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bile vessel
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chol/e
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bile/gall
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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choledoch/o
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bile duct
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emesis
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vomit
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iasis
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abnormal condition
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megaly
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enlargement
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orexia
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appetite
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pepsia
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digestion
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phagia
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swallowing/eating
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prandial
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meal
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rrhea
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discharge/flow
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dia
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through, accross
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peri
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around
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sub
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under, below
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List the main functions of the digestive system.
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1. Digests Food
2. Absorbs Nutrients 3. Eliminates waste |
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Bucca
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Cheek
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List functions of the toungue
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1. Taste
2. Movement of food 3. speech |
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How many Premolars?
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8
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Molars?
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Very back teeth, 12 of them, used for grinding and chewing.
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Dentition
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A person with natural teeth
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Edentulous
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A person with false teeth or dentures.
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Gingiva
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Gums
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Palate
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Top of mouth
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ulva
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Pink Tissue hanging in back of mouth
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salivary glands
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Secrete Saliva
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Pharynx
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Throat; Passageway for air and food.
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Trachea
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Passageway for air
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esophagus
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Passageway for food; Connects throat to stomach
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Cardiac Sphincter
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A sphincter is a ring of muscles; Keeps the contents of the stomach from re-netering the esophagus.
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Epiglottis
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A lid over the trachea to protect and allow only air to pass.
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What is the main function of the stomach?
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Chemically and mechanically breaks down food.
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Fundus
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Top of stomach
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Body
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Middle of stomach
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Antrum
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Lower stomach
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Vagotomy
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A procedure to reduce the amount of gastric acid.
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Pylorus
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A tube that connects the stomach and the duodenum.
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Pyloric Sphincter
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Controls the amount of food from stomach to small intestine.
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List the main functions of the small intestine, and its three parts
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1.Finishes digestion
2. Absorbs Nutrients Duodenum, Ileum, Jejunum. |
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Duodenum
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part of the small intestine A mixing bowl of food and bile.
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Ileum
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part of the small intestine; where nutrients are absorbed
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What is the main function of the large intestine?
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Elimination of waste.
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What are the four parts of the large intestine?
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1. Cecum
2. Colon 3. Sigmoid colon 4. Rectum |
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Cecum
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Where the appendix is attached.
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list the main functions of the Liver.
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1. Produces bile,
2. stores vitamins 3. removes glucose from blood |
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bilirubin
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a waste product
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pancreas
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Creates pancreatic juices
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Gallbladder
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Where bile is stored
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What are the three ducts used for the process of digestion?
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1. Hepatic Duct
2. Cystic Duct 3. Common bile duct |
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Bile ducts
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Used to transport bile
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Hepatic Duct
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transports bile from the liver
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Cystic duct
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Transports bile to Gallbladder.
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Common Bile duct
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formed by the hepatic duct and cystic duct. Take bile to duodenum.
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Bruxism
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Grinding of teeth
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apthous Stomatitis
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Inflammation of the mouth
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Herpes Labialis
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Fever blisters(canker sores)
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Esohpageal Reflux
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Contents of the stomach are re-entering the esophagus.
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pyrosis
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Heartburn
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Ulcer
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errosion of inside
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List 3 common types of ulcers.
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1. Gastric
2. peptic 3. perforated |
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Gastric ulcer
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Stomach ulcer
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Peptic ulcer
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Basic Ulcer (stomach or duodenum).
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Perforated Ulcer
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A severly advanced ulcer which creates a hole.
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Hernia
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Protrusion of any organ.
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List three types of hernias.
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1. Hiatal Hernia
2. Inguinal Hernia 3. Umbilical Hernia |
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Hiatal Hernia
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Stomach goes through hole in the diaphram.
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Inguinal hernia
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Groin
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Umbilical hernia
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Navel
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Adhesion
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Abnormal sticking together of tissue(scar tissue)
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Ileus
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Blockage of the small intestine.
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polyp
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Benine growth coming from intestinal walls.
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Hepatitis A
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Inflammation of Liver; from contaminated food or water.
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Hepatitis B
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Inflammation of the liver; From contaminated blood (vaccines Available)
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Hepatitis C
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Inflammation of the liver; From contaminated blood. (no vaccines available).
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asymptomatic
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Without Symptoms
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Defecation
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Elimination of feces from the rectum
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duodenal Bulb
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Upper duodenum area just beyond the pylorus
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endoscope
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Instument used to obeserve the inside of a hollow organ ot cavity.
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Friable
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Easily broken
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pepsin
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Enzyme secreated in the stomach that begins the digestion of proteins.
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punctate
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Having pinpoint punctures or depressions of the surface.
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Varices
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Tortuous dilations of a vein
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Ascites
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Accumulation of fluid in the abdomen
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Chrohns disease
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Chronic inflammtion of the ileum.
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Cirrhosis
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Chronic;irreversible degeneration of the liver
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colic
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spasm in any hollow organ
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deglutition
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act of swallowing
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eructation
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producing gas from the stomach (belching)
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Flatus
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Gas in the GI tract. (fart)
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Halitosis
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Offensive or "bad Breath"
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IBS
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Irritable bowel syndrome
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Melena
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Darkened stool
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Peristalsis
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Progressive wave like movement in the GI tract
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regurgitation
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Vomiting
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Endoscopy
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Visual examination of cavity or canal
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Stool Guaiac
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A substance applied to detect the presence of blood in feces.
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Barium Enema
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Barium sulfate is injected through the anus to allow fluid to light up the organs for a better x-ray
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ERCP
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Provides radiographic visualization of the bile and pancreatic ducts.
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Anastomosis
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Surgical joining of two ducts, vessels, or bowl segments to allow flow from one to the other.
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colostomy
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Creating of an opening of some portion of the colon through the abdominal wall
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Antacids
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Neutralize Stomach acid
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Antiemetics
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Control nausea and vomitting
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BM
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Bowl Movement
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GERD
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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GI
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Gastrointestinal
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ac
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before meals
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bid
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twice a day
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npo
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nothing by mouth
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pc,pp
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After meals
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po
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By mouth
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prn
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As required
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qam, qm
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every morning
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qh
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every hour
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q2h
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every 2 hours
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qid
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four times a day
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qod
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Every other day
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qpm, qn
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every night
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stat
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immediatly
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tid
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three times a day
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