Chapter 6

Orange Colored or yellowish pigment in bile

Mass of masticated food ready to be swallowed

Denotes a gland that secretes its products through excretory ducts to the surface of an organ or tissue or into a vessel

Circular band of muscles fibers that constricts a passage or closes a natural opening of the body

or/o

stomat/o

gloss/o

lingu/o

bucc/o

cheil/o

labi/o

dent/o

odont/o

gingiv/o

sial/o

esophag/o

pharyng/o

gastr/o

pylor/o

duoden/o

enter/o

jejun/o

ile/o

append/o

appendic/o

col/o

colon/o

sigmoid/o

rect/o

proct/o

an/o

hepat/o

pancreat/o

cholangi/o

chol/e

cholecyst/o

choledoch/o

-emesis

-iasis

-megaly

-orexia

-pepsia

-phagia

-prandial

-rrhea

dia-

peri-

sub-

Lack or loss of appetitie, resulting in the inability to eat

inflammation of the appendix usually due to obstruction or infection

abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

Rumbling or gurgling noises that are audible at a distance and caused by passage of gas through the liquid contents of the intestine

physical wasting that includes loss of weight and muscle mass; commonly associated with AIDS and cancer

Scarring and dysfunction of the liver caused by chronic liver disease

Spasm in any hollow or tubular soft organ especially in the colon, accompanied by pain

Chronic inflammation, usually of the ileum, but possibly affecting any portion of the intestinal tract; also called regional enteritis

Act of swallowing

Inflammation of the intestine, especially the colon, that may be caused by ingesting water or food containing chemical irritanits, bacteria, protozoa, or parasites, which results in bloody diarrhea

Epigastric discomfort felt after eating, also called indigestion

Inability or difficulty in swallowing also called aphiagia

Producing gas from the stomach, usually with a characteristic sound; also called belching

fecal concretion

Gas in the GI tract; expelling of air from a bosy orifice, especially the anus