Chapter 15

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ACUTE PANCREATITIS

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BLOCKAGE PREVENTING PANCREATIC JUICE FROM ENTERING THE DUODENUM, RESULTING IN DIGESTION OF PANCREATIC TISSUE.

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ALIMENTARY CANAL

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TUBULAR PORTION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT.

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AMYLASE

Back 3

STARCH-DIGESTING ENZYME SECRETED BY THE SALIVARY GLANDS (SALIVARY AMYLASE) AND THE PANCREAS (PANCREATIC AMYLASE).

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ANUS

Back 4

OUTLET OF THE DIGESTIVE TUBE

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APPENDICITIS

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AN INFECTED, SWELLING OF THE APPENDIX.

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ASCENDING COLON

Back 6

PORTION OF THE LARGE INTESTINE THAT TRAVELS SUPERIORLY AS IT EXTENDS FROM THE ENTRY OF THE SMALL INTESTINE TO THE TRANSVERSE COLON.

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BILE

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SECRETION OF THE LIVER THAT IS TEMPORARILY STORED IN THE GALLBLADDER BEFORE BEING RELEASED INTO THE SMALL INTESTINE, WHERE IT EMULSIFIES FAT.

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BOLUS

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SMALL LUMP OF FOOD THAT HAS BEEN CHEWED AND SWALLOWED.

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CARIES

Back 9

DESTRUCTION OF TOOTH ENAMEL BY ORAL BACTERIA.

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CCK

Back 10

SEE CHOLECYSTOKININ.

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CECUM

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BLIND POUCH, SUCH AS THE ONE BELOW WHERE THE SMALL INTESTINE ENTERS THE LARGE INTESTINE.

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CHOLECYSTOKININ (CCK)

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HORMONE SECRETED BY THE SMALL INTESTINE THAT STIMULATES THE RELEASE OF PANCREATIC JUICE FROM THE PANCREAS AND BILE FROM THE GALLBLADDER.

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CHYME

Back 13

SEMIFLUID FOOD MASS LEAVING THE STOMACH.

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CIRRHOSIS

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CHRONIC, IRREVERSIBLE INJURY TO LIVER TISSUE; COMMONLY CAUSED BY FREQUENT ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.

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COLON

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LARGE INTESTINE

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COLOSTOMY

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ATTACHMENT OF A SHORTENED COLON TO A SURGICAL OPENING IN THE ABDOMINAL WALL.

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CONSTIPATION

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INFREQUENT, DIFFICULT DEFECATION CAUSED BY INSUFFICIENT WATER IN THE FECES.

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DIARRHEA

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FREQUENT, WATER DEFECATION, OFTEN CAUSED BY DIGESTIVE INFECTION OR STRESS.

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DIVERTICULOSIS

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PRESENCE OF DIVERTICULA, OR A SAC LIKE POUCHES OF THE COLON.

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DUODENUM

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FIRST PORTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE INTO WHICH DUCTS FROM THE GALLBLADDER AND PANCREAS ENTER.

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ESOPHAGUS

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TUBE THAT TRANSPORTS FOOD FROM THE MOUTH TO THE STOMACH.

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ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID

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AMINO ACID THAT IS NECESSARY IN THE DIET BECAUSE THE BODY IS UNABLE TO MANUFACTURE IT.

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ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID

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FATTY ACID THAT IS NECESSARY IN THE DIET BECAUSE THE BODY IS UNABLE TO MANUFACTURE IT.

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FECES

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INDIGESTIBLE WASTES EXPELLED FROM THE DIGESTIVE TRACT, EXCREMENT.

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GALLBLADDER

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SACLIKE ORGAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIVER THAT STORES AND CONCENTRATES BILE.

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GASTRIC GLAND

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GLAND WITHIN THE STOMACH WALL THAT SECRETES GASTRIC JUICE.

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GINGIVITIS

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INFLAMMATION OF THE GUMS.

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HARD PALATE

Back 28

ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH THAT CONTAINS SEVERAL BONES.

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HEARTBURN

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BURNING PAIN IN THE CHEST OCCURRING WHEN PART OF THE STOMACH CONTENTS ESCAPES INTO THE ESOPHAGUS.

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HEPATITIS

Back 30

INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER, OFTEN DUE TO A SERIOUS INFECTION BY ANY OF A NUMBER OF VIRUSES.

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ILEUM

Back 31

LOWER PORTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE.

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ILIUM

Back 32

ONE OF THE BONES OF A COXAL OR HIPBONE.

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JAUNDICE

Back 33

YELLOWISH TINT TO THE SKIN CAUSED BY AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF BILIRUBIN IN THE BLOOD, INDICATING LIVER MALFUNCTION.

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JEJUNUM

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MIDDLE PORTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE

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LACTEAL

Back 35

LYMPH VESSEL IN A VILLUS OF THE WALL OF THE SMALL INTESTINE.

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LARGE INTESTINE

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PORTION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT THAT EXTENDS FROM THE SMALL INTESTINE TO THE ANUS.

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LIPASE

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ENZYME SECRETED BY THE PANCREAS THAT DIGEST OR BREAKS DOWN FATS.

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LIVER

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LARGEST ORGAN IN THE BODY, LOCATED IN THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY BELOW THE DIAPHRAGM; PERFORMS MANY VITAL FUNCTIONS THAT MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS OF BLOOD.

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MASTICATION

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CHEWING, USUALLY OF FOOD

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MINERAL

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INORGANIC SUBSTANCE; CERTAIN MINERALS MUST BE IN THE DIET FOR NORMAL METABOLIC FUNCTIONING OF CELLS.

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MOUTH

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OPENING THROUGH WHICH FOOD ENTERS THE BODY.

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PANCREAS

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ENDOCRINE ORGAN LOCATED NEAR THE STOMACH THAT SECRETES DIGESTIVE ENZYMES INTO THE DUODENUM AND PRODUCES HORMONES, NOTABLY INSULIN.

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PERIODONTITIS

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INFLAMMATION OF THE PERIODONTAL MEMBRANE THAT LINES TOOTH SOCKETS, CAUSING LOSS OF BONE AND LOOSENING OF TEETH.

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PERISTALSIS

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RHYTHMICAL CONTRACTION THAT SERVES TO MOVE THE CONTENTS ALONG IN TUBULAR ORGANS, SUCH AS THE DIGESTIVE TRACT.

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POLYP

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SMALL, ABNORMAL GROWTH ON ANY MUCOUS MEMBRANE, SUCH AS THE DIGESTIVE TRACT.

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RECTUM

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TERMINAL PORTION OF THE INTESTINE.

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RUGAE

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DEEP FOLDS, AS IN THE WALL OF THE STOMACH.

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SALIVARY GLAND

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GLAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOUTH THAT SECRETES SALIVA.

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SIGMOID COLON

Back 49

PORTION OF THE LARGE INTESTINE THAT IS S-SHAPED AND EXTENDS FROM THE DESCENDING COLON TO THE RECTUM.

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SMALL INTESTINE

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PORTION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT THAT EXTENDS FROM THE LOWER OPENING OF THE STOMACH TO THE LARGE INTESTINE.

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SOFT PALATE

Back 51

ENTIRELY MUSCULAR POSTERIOR PORTION OF THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH.

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SPHINCTER

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MUSCLE THAT SURROUNDS A TUBE AND CLOSES OR OPENS THE TUBE BY CONTRACTING AND RELAXING.

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TRANSVERSE COLON

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PORTION OF THE LARGE INTESTINE THAT TRAVELS TRANSVERSELY AS IT EXTENDS FROM THE ASCENDING COLON TO THE DECENDING COLON.

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ULCER

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OPEN SORE IN THE LINING OF THE STOMACH; FREQUENTLY CAUSED BY BACTERIAL INFECTION.

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UREA

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PRIMARY NITROGENOUS WASTE OF MAMMALS.

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VERMIFORM APPENDIX

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SMALL, TUBULAR APPENDAGE THAT EXTENDS OUTWARD FROM THE CECUM OF THE LARGE INTESTINE.

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VILLUS

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FINGERLIKE PROJECTION THAT LINES THE SMALL INTESTINE AND FUNCTIONS IN ABSORPTION.

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VITAMIN

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ORGANIC MOLECULES (USUALLY COENZYMES) THAT MUST BE IN THE DIET AND ARE NECESSARY IN TRACE AMOUNTS FOR NORMAL METABOLIC FUNCTIONING OF CELLS.

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VOMITING

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FORCIBLE EXPULSION OF THE STOMACH CONTENTS BACK THROUGH THE MOUTH.

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STOMACH

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SACLIKE, EXPANDABLE DIGESTIVE ORGAN LOCATED BETWEEN THE ESOPHAGUS AND THE SMALL INTESTINE.