organs of the digestive tract
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| opening through which food passes into the body | mouth
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| alimentary canal or the gastrointestinal tract | digestive tract
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| consists mostly of skeletal muscle | tongue
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| separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity | palate
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| posterior portion, not supported by bone | soft palate
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| anterior portion, supported by bone | hard palate
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| soft v shaped mass that extends from the soft palate, directs food into the throat | uvula
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| performs the swallowing action that passes food from mouth into esophagus | pharynx, throat
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| 10 inch tube that extends from the pharynx to stomach | esophagus
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| j shaped sac that mixes and stores food | stomach
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| area around the opening of the esophagus | cardia
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| uppermost domed portion of stomach | fundus
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| central portion of the stomach | body
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| lower portion of stomach | antrum
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| portion of the stomach that connects to the small intestine | pylorus
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| ring of muscle that guards the openinig between the stomach and the duodenum | pyloric shincter
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| 20 foot canal extending from the pyloric sphincter to the large intestine | small intestine
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| first 10 to 12 inches of the small intestine | duodenum
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| second portion of the small intestine | jejunum
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| third portion of the small intestine | ileum
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| canal that is approximately 5 feet long and extends from the ileum to the anus | large intestine
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| blind u shaped pouch that is the first portion of the large intestine | cecum
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| next portion of the large intestine | colon
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| remaining portion of large intestine | rectum
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| sphincter muscle at the end of the digestive tract | anus
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| produces salvia, which flows into mouth | salivary glands
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| produces bile | liver
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| passageways that carry bile | bile ducts
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| stores bile | gallbladder
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| produces pancreatic juice, secretes insulin | pancreas
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| serous saclike lining of the abdominal and pelvic cavities | peritoneum
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| small punch (vermiform appendix | appendix
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| portion of the body between the thorax and pelvis | abdomen
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