DIGESTIVE SYSTEMDr. Peterson

Word parts related to the mouth

Word parts related to the throat

Word parts related to the organs for digestion, absorption & elimination (stomach, gall bladder, intestine, colon, anus, rectum)

Additional digestive system organs (liver, spleen)

Word Parts Related to the Mouth

◦ Cheilosis cheil lip

◦ Labial labi lip

◦ Glossotomy gloss/o tongue

◦ Sublingual lingu tongue

◦ Sialadenitis sial saliva

◦ Amylase amyl starch ptyalin is a salivary enzyme

◦ Halitosis halit breath

Word Parts Related to the Mouth◦Dentalgia dent

◦Dentist odont

◦Gingivitis gingiv gums

◦ Periodontal

◦Mastication

◦ Buccal bucc cheek

◦ Stomatitis stomat mouth

tooth masticat to chew

Word Parts Related to the Throat◦Dysphagia phag swallowing

◦ Emesis or hyperemesis eme to vomit-emesis vomiting

◦ Esophageal

◦ Pharyngeal

pharyng/eesophag/e

Word Parts Related to the Organs for Digestion, Absorption & Elimination

◦ Celiac celi

◦ Laparotomy lapar/oabdomen

Word Parts Related to the Organs for Digestion, Absorption & Elimination◦ Biliary bil/i gall, bile

◦ Cholecystectomy chol/e gall, bile

◦ Choledochotomy chole- common bile

doch/o duct

Gallbladder & common bile duct

Word Parts Related to the Organs for Digestion, Absorption & Elimination

◦Dyspepsia -pepsia

◦ Peptic pept

◦ Epigastric gastr stomach

◦ Pyloric pylor pylorus, gatekeeper

to digest

stomach

Word Parts Related to the Organs for Digestion, Absorption & Elimination

◦ Enteric enter small intestine

◦ Ileitis ile ileum

◦Mesentary mes middle

◦Duodenal duoden duodenum

small intestine

Word Parts Related to the Organs for Digestion, Absorption & Elimination

◦ Colonoscopy col/o colon

◦ Sigmoidoscope sigmoid/o sigmoid

◦Diverticulitis diverticul diverticula

colon

Word Parts Related to the Organs for Digestion, Absorption & Elimination

◦Defecation defecat bowel

◦Hemorrhoid hemorrh vein liable to bleed

◦ Proctologist proct/o anus and rectum

◦ Rectocele rect/o rectum

(-cele = hernia)

anus & rectum

Additional Organs◦ Splenomegaly splen/o spleen

◦Hepatitis hepat liver

◦ Cirrhosis cirrh orange-yellow

Image Credits◦ Pharynx and esophagus: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-

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◦ Sialadenitis TB: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7zDEA_kjhm4/T0Y8tfrMj_I/AAAAAAAAErk/aSu4hgH8Hcc/s1600/Submandibular+sialadenitis+swelling+at+the+angle+of+the+mandible+and+the.png

◦Dinosaur: Flickr creative commons

◦Gallbladder: http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/image_article_collections/anatomy_pages/gallbladder.jpg

◦ Stomach: Wikipedia; Intestine: http://humanorgans.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/small-intestine.jpeg

◦ Colon: http://images.medicinenet.com/images/illustrations/colon_cancer.jpg