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128 Cards in this Set
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amyl/o
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starch
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an/o
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anus
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append/o
appendic/o |
appendix
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bil/i
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bile;gall
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bilirubin/o
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bilirubin
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bronch/o
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bronchial tube
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bucc/o
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cheek
"bucco, you're too cheeky for me!" |
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cec/o
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cecum
1st part of colon |
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celi/o
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belly; abdomen
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cervic/o
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neck; cervix
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cheil/o
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lip
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chlorhydr/o
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hydrochloric acid
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chol/e
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bile; gall
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cholangi/o
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bile vessel
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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choledoch/o
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common bile duct
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cib/o
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meal
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cirrh/o
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orange-yellow
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col/o
colon/o |
colon
large intestine |
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dent/i
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tooth
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deuoden/o
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duodenum
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enter/o
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intestines
usually small |
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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eti/o
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cause
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gastr/o
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stomach
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gingiv/o
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gum
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gloss/o
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tongue
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gluc/o
glyc/o |
glocose
sugar |
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glycogen/o
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glycogen
animal starch |
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hem/o
hemat/o |
blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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herni/o
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hernia
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idi/o
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unknown
individual distinct |
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ile/o
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ileum
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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pharyng/o
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throat
pharynx |
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proct/o
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anus
rectum |
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prote/o
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protein
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pylor/o
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pylorus
pyloric sphincter |
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rect/o
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rectum
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sialaden/o
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salivary gland
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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splen/o
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spleen
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steat/o
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fat
sebum |
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stomat/o
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mouth
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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-ase
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enzyme
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
to remove fluid |
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-chezia
(K) |
defecation
elimination of waste |
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-ectasia
-ectasis |
stretching dilation
widening (ecstasy from stretching) |
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-ectomy
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removal
excision resection |
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-emia
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blood condition
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-genesis
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producing
forming |
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-lysis
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breakdown
separation destruction |
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-orexia
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appetite
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-rrhage
-rrhagia |
bursting forth of blood
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-rrhea
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flow
discharge |
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-spasm
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sudden contraction
of muscles |
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-stasis
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to stop
control place |
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-stenosis
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tightening
stricture |
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-stomy
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new opening
to form a mouth |
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-tomy
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process of cutting
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-tresia
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opening
dig hole & plant -tresia in opening |
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functions of
digestive system |
digest food
absorb nutrients eliminate waste |
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correct term for facial tooth surface at side of cheek
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buccal
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maxilla
mandible |
upper jaw
lower jaw |
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CARDIAC sphincter
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lower esophageal sphincter
moves food from esophagus to stomach |
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pyloric sphincter
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allows food to leave stomach
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biliary tree
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liver, gallbladder, pancreas
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pancreas
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only endocrine AND exocrine
gland in body |
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what causes ulcers?
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bacteria
H. pylori |
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how do you cure gastric ulcers?
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antibiotics
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pedunculated
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on stalk
(polyps) |
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sessile
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on mucous membrane
(kinda recessed) polyp |
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anastomosis
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new opening inside body
(gastric bypass) examples: choledochojejunostomy-CBDjej gastrojejunostomy-stomJej |
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anus
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an/o
opening of digestive tract to outside of body |
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appendix
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appendic/o
blind pouch hanging from cecum |
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cecum
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cec/o
first part of large intestine |
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colon
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col/o
large intestine |
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common bile duct
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choledoc/o
carries bile from liver and GB to duodenum |
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defecation
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-chezia (k)
elimination of feces through rectum |
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duodenum
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duoden/o
first part of small intestine |
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esophagus
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esophag/o
tube connecting throat to stomach |
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feces
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fec/o
solid waste |
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gallbladder
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cholecyst/o
small sac under liver |
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ileum
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ile/o
3rd part of small intestine |
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jejunum
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jejun/o
2nd part of small intestine |
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liver
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hepat/o
large organ RUQ |
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lower esophageal sphincter
(LES) |
cardi/o
cardiac sphincter ring of muscles between esophagus & stomach |
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palate
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palat/o
roof of mouth |
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pancreas
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pancreatic/o
organ under stomach produces insulin & enzymes |
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papillae
papilla |
papill/o
small elevations on tongue (nipple-like) |
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pharynx
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pharyng/o
throat |
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pyloric sphincter
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phylor/o
ring of muscle at end of stomach |
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rectum
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rect/o
last section of large intestine |
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salivary glands
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sialaden/o
parotid, sublingual, submandibular glands |
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sigmoid colon
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sigmoid/o
4th & last S-shaped segment of colon |
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stomach
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gastr/o
muscular organ receiving food from esophagus |
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uvula
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uvul/o
soft tissue hanging from middle of soft palate |
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obviously
people eat snails |
oral cavity
pharynx esophagus stomach |
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Darlene
just isnt (small intestine) |
duodenum
jejunum ileum (small intestine) |
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certain
about what those darn snails really (large intestine) |
cecum
ascending colon transverse colon descending colon sigmoid colon rectum (large intestine) |
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are
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anus
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anorexia
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1. symptom - lack of appetite
2. mental illness - eating disorder (nervosa) |
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borborygmus
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stomach rumbling noise
my borborygmus was getting embarassing. |
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dysphaGia
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difficulty swallowing
you Gag when you can't swallow |
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eructation
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belching
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flatus
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gas expelled through anus
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hematochezia
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passage of bright red blood from rectum
bleeding at end of GI tract |
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melena
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black, tarry stools from digested blood
bleeding at start of GI tract |
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hemorrhoids
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swollen, twisted varicose veins in rectal region
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intussusception
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telescoping of intestines
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deglutition
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swallow
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mastication
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swallowing
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postprandial
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after meals
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rugae
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wrinkles on tongue & esophagus
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-pepsia
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digestion
pepto bismol |
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-plasty
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surgical repair
plastic surgery |
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-ptysis
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spitting
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-rrhage
-rrhagia |
bursting forth of blood
(road rhage will cause bursting forth of blood) |
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-rrhaphy
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suture
(wrapping w/raffia) |
