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GASTROINTESTINAL SYS
TERMS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ANUS | OPENING OF THE RECTUM FROM WHICH SOLID WASTE IS EXPELLED |
| BOLUS | MASS OF FOOD THAT HAS BEEN CHEWED & SWALLOWED |
| CHYME | SEMIFLUID MASS OF PARTLY DIGESTED FOOD THAT MOVES FROM THE STOMACH TO THE SMALL INTESTINE |
| ENZYMATIC DIGESTION | BREAK DOWN OF FOOD BY ENZYMES FOR ABSORPTION |
| GALL BLADDER | ORGAN THAT STORES BILE |
| LARGE INTESTINE | KNOWN AS THE COLON, WHERE VITAMINS & WATER ARE ABSORBED BEFORE FECES IS STORED PRIOR TO ELIMINATION |
| LIVER | ORGAN PRODUCES BILE, REGULATES GLYCOGEN STORAGE, AND PERFORMS OTHER BODILY FUNCTIONS |
| MOUTH | ORAL CAVITY AT THE ENTRY TO THE ALIMENTARY CANAL |
| PANCREAS | GLANDS OF THE DIGESTIVE AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS THAT PRODUCES INSULIN AND SECRETES PANCREATIC JUICES |
| PERISTALSIS | SERIES OF MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS THAT MOVE FOOD THROUGH THE DIGESTIVE TRACT |
| RECTUM | LAST SECTION OF THE LARGE INTESTINE, ENDING WITH THE ANUS |
| SALIVA | CLEAR LIQUID FOUND IN THE MOUTH, ALSO KNOWN AS SPIT |
| SMALL INTESTINE | PART OF THE GI TRACT BETWEEN THE STOMACH & LARGE INTESTINE THAT INCLUDES THE DUODENUM, JEJUNUM, AND ILEUM, WHERE DIGESTION & ABSORPTION OF FOOD OCCURS |
| STOMACH | ORGAN BETWEEN THE ESOPHAGUS & SMALL INTESTINE IN WHICH THE MAJOR PORTION OF DIGESTION OCCURS |
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