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Chapter 13- The Digestive System Word Parts
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| a- or an- | without |
| ad- | toward |
| dys- | bad, abnormal |
| pan- | all, entire |
| peri- | around |
| re-, retro- | back |
| abdomin | abdomen, abdominal cavity |
| an | anus |
| append | to hang onto (appendix) |
| bil | bile |
| cec | blind intestine (cecum) |
| celi | abdomen, abdominal cavity |
| cheil | lip |
| chol | bile, gall |
| choledoch | common bile duct |
| cirrh | orange, tawny (brownish-yellow) |
| col, colon | colon |
| dent | teeth |
| diverticul | a small blind pouch (pocket) |
| duoden | twelve (duodenum) |
| enter | small intestine |
| esophag | gullet (esophagus) |
| gastr | stomach |
| gingiv | gums |
| gloss | tongue |
| halat | breath |
| hepat | liver |
| hern, herni | a rupture, or protrusion through a weakened membrane or wall (hernia) |
| ile | to roll (ileum) |
| jejun | empty (jejunum) |
| lapar | abdomen, abdominal cavity |
| lingu | tongue |
| lith | stone |
| or | mouth |
| palat | roof of the mouth (palate) |
| pancreat | sweetbread (pancreas) |
| peps, pept | digestion |
| periton | to stretch over (peritoneum) |
| phag | eat or swallow |
| polyp | a small growth |
| proct | anus |
| pylor | gatekeeper (pylorus) |
| rect | straight, erect (rectum) |
| sial | saliva |
| sigm | the letter S (sigmoid) |
| steat | fat |
| stomat | mouth |
| uvul | a grape (uvula) |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -emesis, -emetic | vomiting |
| -iasis | condition |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -rraphy | suturing |
| peristalsis | muscular contractions that move like waves of the ocean, used to move food along in the esophagus |
| stool | a piece of solid waste from your bowels |
| fecal matter | solid waste from your bowels |
| feces | solid waste from your bowels |
| bowel | the system of tubes inside your body where food is made into solid waste material and through which it passes out of your body (intestine) |
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North Seattle Community College |
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