Medical Terminology Simplified

6–143 Bile, also called gall,is a yellow-green bitter secretion produced by the liver

and stored in the gallbladder. It receives its color from the presence of bile pigments

such as bilirubin. Bile passes from the gallbladder through the common bile duct into

the small intestine. Bile emulsifies (breaks down) fats and prepares them for further

digestion and absorption in the small intestine.

Combine chol/eand cyst/oto develop the CF ____________________ / _____.

6–144 Cholecyst/itis is an inflammation of the____________________.

6–145 The vowel ein chol/eis an exception to the rule of using

an _____ as a connecting vowel.

6–146 When a patient vomits bile, the condition is called chol/emesis.Analyze

chol/emesis by defining the elements.

The CF chol/erefers to __________or__________.

The suffix -emesisrefers to ____________________.

6–147 The suffix -lithis used in words to mean stone, orcalculus.A hepat/o/lith

is a stone, or calculus, in the____________________.

6–148 Form medical words that mean stone, or calculus, in the

pancreas:____________________ / _____ / __________

gallbladder:____________________ / _____ / __________

liver:____________________ / _____ / __________

6–149 Chol/e/liths are gallstones; chol/e/lith/iasis is an abnormal condition of

gallstones. Unless the gallstones obstruct a biliary duct, the condition may remain

asymptomatic. Exact causes of gallstones are unknown; however, they occur more

commonly in women, elderly people, and obese persons. Figure 6–7 illustrates sites

of gallstones.

From chol/e/lith,determine the CF that means bile, gall.

__________ / _____

6–150 The most common type of gallstone contains cholesterol. These calculi are

formed in the gallbladder or bile ducts.

The medical name for gallstone is __________ / _____ / __________.

Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix.

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gallbladder

cholecyst/o

o

bile, gall

vomiting

liver

chol/e

chol/e/lith

kō-lĕ-LĬTH

pancreat/o/lith

păn-krē-ĂT-ō-lĭth

cholecyst/o/lith

kō-lē-SĬS-tō-lĭth

hepat/o/lith

hĕp-Ă-tō-lĭth