digestive system

• Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, SI and LI

  ALIMENTARY CANAL:
• Teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, pancreas and GB

  ACCESSORY DIGESTIVE STRUCTURES:
• 1. Ingestion

  2. Propulsion

  3. Mechanical/physical digestion

  4. Chemical digestion

  5. Absorption

  6. Defecation

  PROCESS OF DIGESTION:
• anus


  An/o
• cecum


  Cec/o
• colon


  Col/o
• duodenum


  Duoden/o
• intestine


  Enter/o
• feces


  fec/o
• stomach


  Gastr/o
• ileum


  Ile/o
• jejunum


  Jejun/o
• anus and rectum


  Proct/o
• pylorus


  Pylor/o
• rectum


  Rect/o
• sigmoid colon


  Sigmoid/o
• appendix


  Append/o
• bile


  Bil/i
• gallbladder


  Chol/e
• bile duct


  Choledoch/o
• liver


  Hepat/o
• pancreas


  Pancreat/o
• peritoneum


  Peritone/o
• vomiting


  -emesis
• appetite


  - orexia
• digestion


  - pepsia
• Anorexia nervosa


  an intense fear of

  gaining weight and can become dangerously thin.
• Anorexia nervosa

  
• Bulimia

  uncontrolled episodes of overeating then forced vomiting
• Appendicitis


  appendix becomes swollen, inflamed, and filled with pus.
• CT SCAN


  Best modality for appendicitis is
• ULTRASOUND


  for pregnant women, the best modality to for appendicitis is
• Cholelithiasis


  presence of gallstones, which are concretions that form in the biliary tract.
• ULTRASOUND


  best modality to view cholelithiasis
• Cirrhosis


  a condition in which the liver does not function properly due to long-term damage.
• Cirrhosis

  This damage is

  characterized by the replacement of normal liver tissue by scar tissue.
• Cirrhotic liver

  
• Colitis


  a chronic digestive disease characterized by inflammation of the inner lining of the colon.
• Colitis


  This is commonly due to ulceration
• Constipation


  too much absorption of water for fecal formation.