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100 Cards in this Set
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Bolus of food through the mouth
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mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
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mouth
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breaks food apart with teeth - moistens and lubricates food w/ saliva food forms bolus
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pharynx
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muscular contractions move bolus into esophagus
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stomach
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reduces bolus to a digestible state; converts it to semi liquid state
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small intestine
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digestion and absorption
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large intestine
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removes water from fecal material, stores and eliminates waste.
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an/orexia
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lack of appetite
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an
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lack of
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-orexia
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appetite
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bulimia
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eating disorder - binging w/ or w/out self-induced vomiting
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chol/e/cys/ectomy
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removal of gallbladder
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chol/e
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gall/bile
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cys
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bladder
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-ectomy
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removal
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cirrh/osis
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chronic degenerative liver disease
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cirrh
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orange-yellow
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-osis
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condition of
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colon/o/scopy
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examination of the upper portion of the colon
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colon/o
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colon
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-scopy
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to view/examine
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col/o/stomy
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new opening into the colon
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col/o
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colon
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-stomy
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new opening
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defecat/ion
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evacuation of the bowel
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defecat/
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remove dregs
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-ion
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process
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deglutition
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act or process of swollowing
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dia/rrhea
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unformed loose water stool
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dia/
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through
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-rrhea
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flow/discharge
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diverticul/itis
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inflammation of the diverticula in the colon
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diverticul/
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diverticula
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-itis
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inflammation
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dys/enter/y
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an intestinal disease characterized my inflammation of the mucous membrane
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dys/
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difficult
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enter/
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intestine
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-y
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pertaining to
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dys/pepsia
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difficult digestion
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dys/
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difficult
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-pepsia
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to digest
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dys/phagia
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difficult eating/swollowin
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dys/
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difficult
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-phagia
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to eat
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eme/sis
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vomiting
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eme/
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to vomit
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-sis
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condition of
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eructat/ion
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belching
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eructat/
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a breaking out
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-ion
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process
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feces
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body waste expelled from the bowels
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flatus
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gas in the stomach or intestine
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gastroesophageal reflux
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stomachs contents back up due to weakened muscle between the esophagus and stomach
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GERD
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gastroesophageal reflux
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gingiv/itis
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inflammation of the gums
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gingiv/
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gums
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-itis
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inflammation
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halit/osis
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bad breath
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halit/
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breath
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-osis
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condition of
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hemat/emesis
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vomiting blood
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hemat/
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blood
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-emesis
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vomiting
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hemorrh/oid
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painful swollen veins in the anorectum
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hemorrh/
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liable to bleed
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-oid
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resemble
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hepat/itis
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inflammation of the liver
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hepat/
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liver
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-itis
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inflammation
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hepat/oma
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tumor in the liver
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hepat/
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liver
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-oma
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tumor
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hyper/emesis
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excessive vomiting
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hyper/
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excessive
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-emesis
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vomiting
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Irritable bowel syndrome
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disorder that interferes with normal large intestine function
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IBS
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Irritable bowel syndrome
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masticat/ion
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chewing
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masticat/
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to chew
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-ion
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process
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melena
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black feces (intestinal juices acting on blood)
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peri/stalsis
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involuntary contraction that occurs in body's hollow tubes
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peri/
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around
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-stalsis
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contraction
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post/prand/i/al
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pertaining to after a meal
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post/
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after
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prand/i
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meal
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-al
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pertaining to
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proct/o/scope
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instrument used for viewing the anus and rectum
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prot/o
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rectum
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-scope
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instrument
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sigmoid/o/scope
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an instrument used to view the sigmoid
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid
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-scope
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intrument
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splen/o/megaly
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enlargement of the spleen
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splen/o
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spleen
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-megaly
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enlargement/large
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volvul/us
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twisting of the bowel causing an obstruction
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volvul
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to roll
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-us
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pertaining to
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vomit
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to empty the stomach contents throu the mouth
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