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Digestive System

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Monogastric   show
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Mouth   show
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show a muscular tube that conveys food from the mouth to the stomach and that in humans is about nine inches  
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show one of the compartments making up the stomach of a ruminant animal  
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show the narrow part of the intestine that lies between the stomach and colon, consists of duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, secretes digestive enzymes, and is the chief site of the digestion of food into small molecules which are absorbed into the body  
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show a cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct)  
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show the more terminal division of the vertebrate intestine that is wider and shorter than the small intestine, typically divided into cecum, colon, and rectum, and concerned especially with the resorption of water and the formation of feces  
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show the terminal part of the intestine from the sigmoid colon to the anus  
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Ruminant   show
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Rumen   show
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show the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells  
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Omasum   show
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show the fourth compartment of the ruminant stomach that follows the omasum and has a true digestive function  
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Salivary gland   show
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Gallbladder   show
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show a large lobulated gland of vertebrates that secretes digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagon  
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show any of the valves that control blood flow to and from the heart and that include the atrioventricular valves, the aortic valve, and the pulmonary valve  
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Pyloric valve   show
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show a small slender often vascular process  
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Absorption   show
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show the tubular passage typically extending from the mouth to the anus or cloaca that functions in digestion and absorption of food  
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show The accessory digestive organs are the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder.  
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show a pouched enlargement of the esophagus of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration  
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Proventriculus   show
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Gizzard   show
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show the common chamber into which the intestinal and urogenital tracts discharge especially in monotreme mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and elasmobranch fishes  
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Kidney   show
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show the first part of the small intestine extending from the pylorus to the jejunum  
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Pharynx   show
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show a large very vascular glandular organ of vertebrates that secretes bile and causes important changes in many of the substances contained in the blood  
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Yolk sac   show
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show the valve formed by two folds of mucous membrane at the opening of the ileum into the large intestine  
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