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digestive system

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where the digestive tract is not covered in serosa, it is covered by a fibrous connective tissue called...   plexus of Auerbauch (meyenteric plexus)  
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has only its anterior surface covered by peritoneum   a retroperitoneal structure  
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what is composed of simple columnar cells, covered by thick viscous mucus, is constantly replaced, has folds called rugae?   the lining of the stomach  
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lumen, mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, serosa   the digestive tube layers  
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spleen   is not part of the digestive tract  
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esophagus, pharynx   are part of the digestive tract  
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the gall bladder   stores bile  
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muscularis mucosae   muscle layer nearest to the lumen  
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what are sheets of serous membrane that suspend portions of the digestive tract within the peritoneal cavity?   mesenteries  
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what double sheets of peritoneal membrane provide an access route to digestive structures for nerves, lympphatics and blood vessles?   mesenteries  
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are salivary glands   parotid, sublingual, submandibular  
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are not salivary glands   geniculate, maxillary  
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suspends the transverse colon in the abdominal cavity   transverse mesocolon  
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a hollow muscular tube that connects the pharynx to the stomach   esophagus  
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the tongue bumps are called   papillae  
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increase surface area for digestion and absorption in the SI   microvilli  
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the first intestinal segment entered by materials that leave the stomach through the pyloris   duodenum  
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the hardest body surface   enamel  
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not an accessory digestive organ   spleen  
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gall bladder ,liver ,pancreas, salivary glands    
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cystic duct & common hepatic duct   unite to form the common bile duct  
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visible portion of a tooth   crown  
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curve of the duodenum   head of the pancreas is most closely associated with  
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lobule   basic functional unit of the liver  
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hepatic portal vein, hepatic artery, bile duct   hepatic (portal) triad branches  
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pepsinogen   secreted by Chief cells  
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hiatus   opening in the diaphragm  
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ilium   longest portion of the small intestine  
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