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| cavity that receives food for digestion |
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| three pairs of exocrine glands in the mouth thal secrete saliva: parotid, submandibular (submaxillary), and sublingual |
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| lateral walls of the mouth |
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| fleshy structures surrounding the mouth |
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| structure that forms the roof of the mouth; it is divided into the hard and soft palate |
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| small projection hanging from the back middle edge of the soft palate |
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| muscular structure of the floor of the mouth covered by mucous membrane and held down by a band-like membrane known as the frenulum |
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| tissue covering the processes of the jaws |
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| hard bone projections in the jaws that serve to masticate (chew) food |
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| throat; passageway for food traveling to the esophagus and air traveling to the larynx |
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| muscular tube that moves food from the pharynx to the stomach |
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| sac-like organ that chemically mixes and prepares food received from the esophagus |
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| opening from the esophagus to the stomach |
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| opening of the stomach into the duodenum |
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| tubular strlrcture that digests food received from the stomach |
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| first poftion of the small intestine |
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| second portion of the small intestine |
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| third portion of the small intestine |
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| larger tubular stmcture that receives the liquid waste products of digestion, reabsorbs water and minerals, and forms and stores feces for defecation |
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| first part of the large intestine |
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worm-like projection of lymphatic tissue hanging off the cecum with no digestive function; may serve to
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| portions of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum; identified by direction or shape |
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| porlion that extends upward from the cecum |
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| porlion that extends across from the ascending colon |
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| portion that extends down from the transverse colon |
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| portion (resembling an s) that terminates at the rectum |
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| distal (end) poftion of the large intestine |
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| dilated portion of the rectum just above the anal canal |
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| opening of the rectum to the outside of the body |
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| refuse; solid waste formed in the larse intestine |
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| evacuation of feces from the rectum |
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| membrane surrounding the entire abdominal cavity consisting of the parietal layer (lining the abdominal wall) and visceral layer (covering each organ in the abdomen) |
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| space between the parietal and visceral peritoneum |
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| a covering; an extension of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and connecting it with other abdominal organs |
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| organ in the upper right quadrant that produces bile, which is secreted into the duodenum during digestion |
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| receptacle that stores and concentrates the bile produced in the liver |
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| gland that secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum, u,here it mixes with bile to disest food |
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| ducts that convey bile, including hepatic, cystic, and common bile ducts |
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| upper lateral regions beneath the ribs |
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| upper middle region below the sternum |
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| lower lateral groin regions |
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