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