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52 Cards in this Set
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an/o
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anus
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append/o, appendic/o
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appendix (pouch hanging from cecum, RLQ)
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bucc/o
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cheek
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cec/o
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cecum (first part of large intestine, RLQ)
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celi/o, lapar/o, abdomin/o
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belly, abdomen
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cheil/o, labi/o
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lip
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder (small sac under liver that stores bile)
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choledoch/o
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common bile duct (carries bile from liver and gallbladder to duodenum)
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col/o
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colon, large intestine
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colon/o
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colon
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dent/i, odont/o
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tooth
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duoden/o
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duodenum (first part of small intestine. 12 inches long)
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enter/o
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intestines, usually small
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esophag/o
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esophagus (tube connecting throat to the stomach)
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gastr/o
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stomach
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gingiv/o
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gums
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gloss/o
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tongue
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hepat/o
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liver (secretes bile; stores sugar, iron and vitamins; produces blood proteins; destroys worn-out red blood cells)
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ile/o
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ileum (third part of small intestine, twisted)
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jejun/o
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jejunem (second part of small intestine)
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lingu/o
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tongue
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mandibul/o
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lower jaw, mandible
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or/o, stomat/o
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mouth
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palat/o
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palate
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pancreat/o
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pancreas (organ under stomach that produces insulin for transport of sugar and enzymes for digestion)
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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pharyng/o
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throat
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proct/o
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anus and rectum
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pylor/o
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pyloric sphincter (ring of muscle at end of stomach, near duodenum. opens during peristalsis to move food through)
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rect/o
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rectum (final section of large intestine, connecting end of colon with anus)
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sialaden/o
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salivary gland
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon (fourth and final S-shaped segment of colon, empties into rectum)
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uvul/o
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uvula (soft tissue hanging from soft palate)
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amyl/o-
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starch
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bil/i, chol/e
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gall,bile
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bilirubin/o
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bilirubin
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chlorhydr/o
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hydrochloric acid
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gluc/o, glyc/o
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sugar
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glycogen/o
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glycogen, animal starch
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lip/o
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fat, lipid
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lith/o
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stone
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prote/o
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protein
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sial/o
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saliva, salivary gland
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steat/o
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fat
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stom/o
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opening
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orth/o
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straight
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herni/o
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hernia
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cholangi/o
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bile vessel
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lingu/o
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tongue
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splen/o
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spleen
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steat/o
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fat
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stomat/o
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mouth, opening
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