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The digestive system is made up of the , the , , and .

is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract that usually affects the small intestine. Symptoms include abdominal pain, , and weight loss. is an inflammatory disease that causes long-lasting inflammation and ulcers in your digestive tract. occurs when weak places in your colon protrude to form small pouches in the colon wall and those pouches become infected and inflamed.

The lower digestive track consists of the , , , and .

is inflammation of liver due to bacterial or viral infection.

The GI tract is also referred to as the .

Identify the stomach. 

are swollen veins in the lower rectum and anus. are protrusions of an organ through its natural wall (opening in the muscle or fascia). are tissue growths that most often look like small, flat bumps or tiny mushroom-like stalks.  Most are but can develop into malignant growths.

Hematemesis is the term that describes vomiting blood. 

Identify the ascending colon.

A colocolostomy differs from a colostomy in that the colocolostomy produces a new opening between the segments of the large intestine that were removed while a colostomy would have created an opening from the large intestine to the outside surface of the body.