Hepat/o
Liver
Removes excess glucose and stores as glycogen, destroys old erythrocytes, removes poisons from blood, manufactures bile
Liver
Megaly
Enlargement
Panctreat/o
Pancreas
Dys
Bad/painful/Difficult
Chole/o
Bile or Gall Bladder
Where Bile is stored
Gallbladder
-ase
enzyme - what do they do?
Deglutition
Swallowing
Hyper
Excessive
Cyst/o
Bladder
All the processes involved in the body's use of nutrients
Metabolism
-ostomy
new/surgical opening
Mastication
Chewing
Peristalsis
Wave like contraction
Peps/o
Digestion
Mastication
Chewing
algia/dynia
Pain
Catabolism
process of breaking down body cells or substances
Whats the opposite?
ectomy
surgical removal
Bilirubin/o
Bilirubin
Chyme
semifluid mass of partly digested food
-emia
blood condition
____________ stores and concentrates __________ for later use.
Gallbladder
Bile
3 division of small intestine in order
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum