General Surgery Terminology

Front 1

Absorption

Back 1

To take up or take in another substance.

Front 2

An/o

Back 2

Anus or ring

Front 3

Anastomosis

Back 3

Connecting two structures.

Front 4

Append/o

Back 4

Appendix

Front 5

Appendic/o

Back 5

Appendix

Front 6

Ascites

Back 6

Build up of fluid in the peritoneal cavity.

Front 7

Bariatric

Back 7

Things done to help obese patients loose weight.

Hint 7

Diet, exercise, medications, surgery.

Front 8

Bile

Back 8

An emulfiying fluid.

Hint 8

Produced by the liver, stored in the gallbladder.

Front 9

Cachexia

Back 9

Ill health. Sometimes associated with chronic disease.

Hint 9

Example: Malnutrition

Front 10

Chol/e

Back 10

Bile, gall

Front 11

Cholangi/o

Back 11

Bile vessel

Front 12

Cholecyst/o

Back 12

Gallbladder

Front 13

Choledoch/o

Back 13

Common bile duct.

Front 14

Col/o

Back 14

Colon

Front 15

Colon/o

Back 15

Colon

Front 16

Common Bile Duct

Back 16

Unifies the hepatic and cystic ducts and the opening to the duodenum.

Front 17

Cystic Artery

Back 17

Main blood supply to the gallbladder.

Front 18

Cystic Duct

Back 18

Connects the top of the gallbladders neck to the common hepatic duct.

Front 19

Deciduous

Back 19

Falling off or shedding at a certain stage of the life cycle.

Front 20

Defecation

Back 20

Discharge of solid waste.

Front 21

Deglutition

Back 21

Process of swallowing

Front 22

Dia-

Back 22

Complete or through

Front 23

-docho

Back 23

Combining intestines

Front 24

Duoden/o

Back 24

Duodenum

Front 25

-ectomy

Back 25

Removal of

Front 26

-emesis

Back 26

Vomiting

Front 27

Enter/o

Back 27

Small intestine

Front 28

Esophag/o

Back 28

Esophagus

Front 29

Excision

Back 29

Removal of tissue

Front 30

Falciform Ligament

Back 30

Attaches peritoneum to diaphragm and rectus muscle

Front 31

Fecalith

Back 31

Dry of compact feces in the intestine or vermiform appendix

Front 32

Femoral

Back 32

Pertaining to the femur

Front 33

Flatus

Back 33

Gas

Front 34

Gastr/o

Back 34

Stomach

Front 35

Glisson's capsule

Back 35

Capsule of the liver. Layer of connective tissue.

Front 36

Hepat/o

Back 36

Liver

Front 37

Hepatic Portal System

Back 37

Groups of veins that carry blood from capillaries of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas to the liver.

Front 38

Hesselbach's Triangle

Back 38

Area of the abdominal wall attached laterally by the inferior epigastric artery, medially by the margin of the rectus muscle, and below by the inguinal ligament

Front 39

Hiatal Hernia

Back 39

Part of the stomach protruding into the chest cavity

Front 40

-iasis

Back 40

Condition

Front 41

Ile/o

Back 41

Illium; distal part of ileum

Hint 41

Last section of small intestine

Front 42

Incision

Back 42

To cut into

Front 43

Inguinal

Back 43

In the groin area

Front 44

Jejun/o

Back 44

Jejunum

Hint 44

Second part of the small intestine

Front 45

-lysis

Back 45

Separating or loosening

Front 46

-megaly

Back 46

Enlargement

Front 47

Necrosis

Back 47

Cell or tissue death

Front 48

-oma

Back 48

Tumor

Front 49

-orexia

Back 49

Appetite

Front 50

-ostomy

Back 50

Artificial opening created through surgery

Front 51

-otomy

Back 51

To cut of make an incision

Front 52

Pancreat/o

Back 52

Pancreas

Front 53

Parietal

Back 53

Attached to the main wall of a cavity

Front 54

-pepsia

Back 54

Digestion

Front 55

Peri-

Back 55

Surrounding

Front 56

Peristalsis

Back 56

A movement that pushes contents of the intestine in one direction

Front 57

Peritoneum (Parietal)

Back 57

Membrane that lines the walls of the abdominal and pelvic cavity

Front 58

Peritoneum (Visceral)

Back 58

Covers the external surface of most abdominal organs

Front 59

-phagia

Back 59

Eating or swallowing

Front 60

Pharyng/o

Back 60

Throat

Front 61

-prandial

Back 61

Meal

Front 62

Pringle Maneuver

Back 62

A move used in surgery to limit blood flow through the hepatic artery and the portal vein to control bleeding from the liver

Front 63

Proct/o

Back 63

Anus

Front 64

Pylor/o

Back 64

Pylorus

Hint 64

Opening between the stomach and the duodenum

Front 65

Rect/o

Back 65

Rectum

Front 66

-rrhea

Back 66

Discharge

Front 67

Rule of 5's

Back 67

Poor absorption is likely when there are more than 5 H-bond donors, 10 H-bond acceptors, the molecular weight is greater than 500, and the calculated Log P is greater than 5.

Front 68

Sclerosis

Back 68

Hardening of an anatomical structure

Front 69

Sial/o

Back 69

Saliva

Front 70

Sigmoid/o

Back 70

Sigmoid colon

Front 71

-stasis

Back 71

Maintenance of level

Front 72

Stenosis

Back 72

Abnormal narrowing of an opening

Front 73

Sub-

Back 73

Below or under

Front 74

Triangle of Calot

Back 74

Dissected to allow surgeon to divide cystic ducts and artery

Hint 74

Common hepatic duct medially, cystic Duct laterally, inferior edge of liver superiorly.

Front 75

Ulcer

Back 75

Lesion on the surface of tissue

Front 76

Viscera

Back 76

Large interior organs in one of the 3 great cavities

Front 77

Visceral

Back 77

Felt in the internal organs of the body