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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. OBJECTIVES. LEARN TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM REVIEW COMMON SUFFIXES AND PREFEXES. BOLUS. A mass of food that has been chewed and is ready to be swallowed. PERISTALSIS.

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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

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  1. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

  2. OBJECTIVES LEARN TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO DIGESTIVE SYSTEM REVIEW COMMON SUFFIXES AND PREFEXES

  3. BOLUS • A mass of food that has been chewed and is ready to be swallowed

  4. PERISTALSIS • Wavelike contractions and relaxations of the smooth muscular tubes in one direction only.

  5. DYSPHAGIA Difficulty in swallowing

  6. GASTRITIS • Inflammation of the stomach

  7. GASTRALGIA Pain in the stomach.

  8. GASTROSCOPY • Visual examination of the stomach

  9. GASTRECTOMY Surgical removal of the stomach

  10. MELENA Black feces, caused by digested blood

  11. EMESIS • Vomiting

  12. HEMATEMESIS Vomiting of blood

  13. HYPEREMESIS Excessive vomiting

  14. PYROSIS • Heartburn, burning sensation behind the lower sternum, caused by the return of acidic stomach content in the esophagus

  15. GERD • Gastroesophagealreflux disease

  16. ENTERIC • Pertaining to the small intestine

  17. ENTERITIS Inflammation of the small intestine

  18. COLOSTOMY • The creation of a new opening into the colon

  19. COLOTOMY • Surgical incision into the colon

  20. COLONOSCOPE • A device used for visual examination of the colon

  21. PROCTOLOGIST • One who specializes in the study of anus and rectum

  22. HEPATITIS • Inflammation of the liver

  23. HEPATOMEGALY • Enlargement of the liver

  24. HEPATOMA • A tumor of the liver

  25. CHOLECYSTITIS Inflammation of the gallbladder

  26. CHOLECYSTECTOMY • Surgical removal of the gallbladder

  27. STOMATITIS Inflammation of the mouth

  28. ANOREXIA Lack of appetite

  29. VOLVULUS Twisting of the intestine on itself that causes an obstruction of digestive tract

  30. MASTICATION Chewing

  31. APPENDICITIS Inflammation of the appendix

  32. APPENDECTOMY • Surgical removal of the appendix

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