Medical Terminology Simplified

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246 CHAPTER 6• Digestive System

Liver

6–133 Hepat/itis, an inflammatory condition of the liver, may be caused by bac-

teri/al or viral infection, parasitic infestation, alcohol, drugs, toxins, or transfusion of

incompatible blood. It may be mild and brief or severe and life-threatening.

When a person has inflammation of the liver caused by a virus, the Dx is most likely

____________________ / __________.

6–134 Hepat/itis may be characterized by an enlarged liver. The medical term

for an enlarged liver is ____________________ / _____ / ____________________.

6–135 Hepat/o/megaly may be a symptom of a malignant tumor of the liver

called hepat/oma.The tumor occurs most commonly in association with hepat/itis

or liver cirrh/osis.

The Dx of a liver tumor is charted as ____________________ / __________.

6–136 Hepatitis B, the most common infectious hepatitis seen in hospitals, is

transferred by blood and body secretions. As a preventive measure, hospital person-

nel are usually required to be vaccinated.

The medical term for inflammation of the liveris

____________________ / __________.

6–137 Form medical words that mean

pain in the liver:____________________ / _____ / ____________________

or____________________ / ____________________

suture of the liver:____________________ / _____ / ____________________

excision of (a portion of) the liver:

____________________ / ____________________

6–138 Combine hepat/oand -cyteto form a word that means liver cell.

____________________ / _____ / __________

6–139 Identify and label the following structures in Figure 6–6 as you read about

the accessory organs of digestion. Bile is released from the gallbladder and also

drained directly from the liver through the (6) right hepatic ductand the

(7) left hepatic duct.These two ducts eventually form the (8) hepatic duct.The

(9) cystic ductmerges with the hepatic duct to form the common bile duct and the

(10) pancreatic duct.These ducts carry their digestive juices into the duodenum.

hepat/itis

hĕp-ă-TĪ-tĭs

hepat/oma

hĕp-ă-TŌ-mă

hepat/o/megaly

hĕp-ă-tō-MĔG-ă-lē

hepat/itis

hĕp-ă-TĪ-tĭs

hepat/o/dynia,

hepat/algia

hĕp-ă-tō-DĬN-ē-ă,

hĕp-ă-TĂL-jē-ă

hepat/o/rrhaphy

hĕp-ă-TŎR-ă-fē

hepat/ectomy

hĕp-ă-TĔK-tō-mē

hepat/o/cyte

HĔP-ă-tō-sīt