The digestive system or gastrointestinal tract begins with the mouth, where food enters
the body and ends with the anus, where solid waste material leaves the body.
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53.
The stem stoma means mouth. A
person who has stoma titis, for
example, has inflammation of the
__________.
sto-mah-ti'tis
mouth
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54.
Lingua and glossa are stems which
mean tongue. Glossitis means in-
flammation of the __________.
glos-si'tis
tongue
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55.
Lingual means pertaining to the
__________.
ling'gwal
tongue
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