Digestive Anatomy
This organ stores food and mixes it with gastric juices.
what is the stomach?
This combining form means stomach.
What is gastr/o?
This suffix means inflammation.
What is -itis?
This condition occurs when stomach acid frequently flows back into the esophagus.
What is gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)?
This process breaks down food into smaller substances that the body can absorb.
What is digestion?
This organ produces bile to help digest fats.
What is the liver?
This combining form means liver.
What is hepat/o?
This prefix means below or under.
What is hypo-?
This condition causes inflammation of the liver.
What is hepatitis?
These muscular contractions move food through the digestive tract.
What is peristalsis?
This tube carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
This combining form means colon or large intestine.
What is col/o?
This suffix means surgical removal.
What is -ectomy?
This condition involves inflammation of the appendix.
What is appendicitis?
This substance made by the liver helps break large fat droplets into smaller droplets.
What is bile?
This part of the small intestine is responsible for most nutrient absorption.
What is the jejunum?
This combining form means gallbladder.
What is cholecysto/o?
This suffix means difficulty swallowing.
What is -phagia?
This disease causes inflammation and damage to the lining of the small intestine when gluten is consumed.
What is celiac disease?
This enzyme in saliva begins the digestion of carbohydrates.
What is salivary amylase?
This valve controls the movement of food from the stomach to the small intestine.
What is the pyloric sphincter?
This combining form means pancreas.
What is pancreat/o?
This suffix means surgical creation of an opening.
What is -stomy?
This chronic inflammatory bowel disease can affect any part of the digestive tract.
What is Crohn’s disease?
These tiny fingerlike projections in the small intestine increase surface area for nutrient absorption.
What are villi?