Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into smaller components that are more easily absorbed into a blood stream, for instance. Digestion.

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.

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

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

Pathology of digestive sys

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

cholelithiasis

Liver cirrhosis

LIVER CHANGES

Jaundice

NORMAL INTESTINAL LUMEN

Ulcerative colitis

Crohn’s disease

diverticulosis

diverticulitis

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

Stool culture

Barium enema

Treatment procedures

Colostomy Ileostomy Laparoscopic surgery e.g

cholecystectomy, laparoscopic appendectomy

Anastomosis

Anastomosis

Digestive system abbreviations

ALT,AST BE GB GERD GI

IBD IBS LFTs NPO TPN