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BIOL212
Majors animal: Digestive anatomy of a frog (matching)
Anatomy | Physiology |
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Fat bodies | Repositories for lipid reserves |
Esophagus | Transports food to the stomach |
Stomach | Site of food storage and initiation of digestion |
Liver | Produce bile and detoxifies many constituents of the absorbed digested compounds |
Gallbladder | Stores bile produced by the liver |
Bile duct | Transports secretions from the liver and pancreas to the duodenum |
Pancreas | Produces digestive enzymes and delivers them through the common bile duct to the duodenum |
Duodenum | Receives secretions from the liver and pancreas through the common bile duct for the further breakdown of food from the stomach |
Jejunoileum | Site of completion of digestion, where most of the absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream occurs |
Large intestine | Site of absorption of water as well as certain vitamins and ions |
Cloaca | Common chamber for the release of urine, feces, and gametes |