Ch 6 Digestive System

• -ectasis, -ectasia

  dilation, widening
• -emesis

  vomiting
• -pepsia

  digestion
• -phagia

  eating, swallowing
• -plasty

  surgical repair
• -ptysis

  spitting
• -rrhage, -rrhagia

  bursting forth (of blood)
• -rrhaphy

  suture
• -rrhea

  flow or discharge
• -spasm

  involuntary contraction of muscles
• -stasis

  stopping, controlling
• -stenosis

  narrowing, tightening
• -tresia

  opening
• which term means difficulty swallowing

  dysphagia
• which term means to stop or control bleeding

  hemostasis
• bucc/o

  cheek
• cec/o

  cecum
• celi/o

  abdomen
• cheil/o

  lip
• chol/e

  gall, bile
• cholangi/o

  bild duct (vessel)
• cholecyst/o

  gall bladder
• choledoch/o

  common bile duct
• col/o, colon/o

  colon
• dent/i

  tooth
• duoden/o

  duodenum
• enter/o

  intestines
• esophag/o

  esophagus
• gastr/o

  stomach
• gingiv/o

  gums
• gloss/o

  tongue
• gluc/o

  sugar
• glyc/o

  sugar
• hepat/o

  liver
• herni/o

  hernia
• ile/o

  ileum
• jejun/o

  jejunum
• labi/o

  lip
• lingu/o

  tongue
• lip/o

  fat