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Digestive System

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Monogastric   show
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show the natural opening through which food passes into the body of an animal and which in vertebrates is typically bounded externally by the lips and internally by the pharynx and encloses the tongue, gums, and teeth  
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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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Stomach   show
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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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Large intestine   show
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Rectum   show
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Ruminant   show
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show the large first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant in which cellulose is broken down by the action of symbiotic microorganisms  
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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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Abomasum   show
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show a small organ that produces saliva in the mouth  
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show a membranous muscular sac in which bile from the liver is stored  
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Pancreas   show
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Cardiac valve   show
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show the circular fold of mucous membrane containing a ring of circularly disposed muscle fibers that closes the vertebrate pylorus  
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show a small slender often vascular process  
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show the process of absorbing something or of being absorbed  
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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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Crop   show
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show the glandular or true stomach of a bird that is situated between the crop and gizzard  
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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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show one of a pair of vertebrate organs situated in the body cavity near the spinal column that excrete waste products of metabolism  
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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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Liver   show
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show a membranous sac of most vertebrates that encloses the yolk, is attached in most forms  
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Ileocecal Valve   show
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