EXPH 240 final Questions and Answers

digestion - process of breaking down food by chewing, swallowing, and mixing in digestive juices to convert some of the food into absorbable molecules absorption - the passage of digested food molecules through the walls of the intestines and into the bloodstream to be carried to cells of the body excretion - the elimination of non-absorbable nutrients and waste products from the body abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o - abdomen an/o - anus appendic/o - appendix bil/i, chol/e - bile bucc/o - cheek cheil/o - lip col/o, colon/o - colon cyst/o - bladder or sac dent/i - teethdoch/o - duct duoden/o - duodenum enter/o - small intestine esophag/o - esophagus gastr/o - stomach gingiv/o - gum glass/o, lingu/o - tongue hepat/o, hepatic/o - liver herni/o - hernia ile/o - ileum inguin/o - groin