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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into smaller components that are more easily absorbed into a blood stream, for instance. Digestion is a form of catabolism : a breakdown of large food molecules to smaller ones.

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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into smaller components that are more easily absorbed into a blood stream, for instance. Digestion is a form of catabolism: a breakdown of large food molecules to smaller ones.

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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

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Digestive tract terminology

COMBINING FORM

MEANING EXAMPLES

An/o anus anal

Append/o appendix appendectomy

Cholecyst/o gallbladder Cholecystectomy

Col/o colon Colostomy

Or/o mouth oral

Pancreat/o pancreas pancreatitis

Proct/o Anus and rectum proctoscopy

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Pathology of digestive sys

Cholelithiasis: Cirrhosis Diverticulosis Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) Hepatisis Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Jaundice Hepatocellular carcinoma

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cholelithiasis

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Liver cirrhosis

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LIVER CHANGES

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Jaundice

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NORMAL INTESTINAL LUMEN

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Ulcerative colitis

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Crohn’s disease

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diverticulosis

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diverticulitis

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Test and diagnostic produres

Abdominal computed tomography (CT) Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging

(MRI) Adominal ultrasonography Barium tests : Cholangiography Gastrointestinal endoscopy Hemoccult test Liver function tests Stool culture

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Stool culture

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Barium enema

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Treatment procedures

Colostomy Ileostomy Laparoscopic surgery e.g

cholecystectomy, laparoscopic appendectomy

Anastomosis

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Anastomosis

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Digestive system abbreviations

ALT,AST BE GB GERD GI

IBD IBS LFTs NPO TPN