DIGESTIVEEE

• Oesophagus


  Oesophag/o - muscular tube which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach.
• Stomach


  Gastr/o - sac organ that produces gastric juice to aid the beginning of digestion.
• Common Bile Duct


  Choledoch/o - carries bile from liver to gall bladder.
• Pylorus


  Pylor/o - gatekeeper connects stomach to small intestine.
• Colon


  Col/o - bowel extending from caecum to rectum.
• Ileum


  Ile/o
• Sigmoid Colon


  Sigmoid/o
• Rectum


  Rect/o - widest division of the large intestine.
• Anus/Rectum


  Proct/o - lower opening of digestive tract where waste is excreted.
• liver


  hepat/o - process nutrients and excretes waste in the form of bile.
• Gall bladder


  cholecyst/o - pear-shaped organ that stores bile for later use.
• pacreas


  pancreat/o - produce pancreatic juice that neutralizes acid and digests food.
• pancreatic duct


  pancreatic/o - transfers the pancreatic juice to the duodenum.
• duodenum


  duoden/o
• jejunum


  jejun/o
• appendix


  appendic/o - blindly ending sac attached to the caecum.
• Caecum


  caec/o
• Nasogastric tube


  tube that passes through the nose and stomach.
• Intestine or Gut


  Enter/o
• -stomy


  mouth/ surgical opening
• -tomy


  surgical incision
• surgical anastomoses


  surgical connection between 2 structures
• ileostomy


  creation of an artificial opening into the ileum/artificial anus.
• large intestine


  Absorbs water and forms feces.
• diverticulum


  a small pouch or sac in the linings of the intestine.
• peritoneum


  peritone/o - membrane lining the abdominal and pelvic cavities.
• Bile


  chol/o - yellowish brown waste produced by liver.
• Bile duct


  cholangi/o
• -gram


  tracing / Xray picture
• -graphy


  technique or process of recording
• -graph


  name of instrument
• Abdomen

  Lapar/o - soft part between ribs and hips
• laparotomy


  incision into the abdomen for exploratory operation.
• laparoscopy


  viewing of the internal organs using the laparoscope.
• Endoscope


  instrument used to vuew inside using fibreoptic tubes.
• Photoendoscope


  endoscope used for photography.
• panendoscopy


  to view multiple organs at the same time. like oesophagus, stomach and duodenum.
• retrogade


  going backwards.
• analgesic


  pain reliving drug
• apyrexial


  absence of fever