Digestive vocab

Question 1

Gastrointestinal tract

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is an organ system responsible for transporting and digesting foodstuffs, absorbing nutrients, and expelling waste. The tract consists of the stomach and intestines, and is divided into the upper and lower gastrointestinal tracts.

Question 2

Oral cavity

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Cavity consisting of your tongue, teeth, tonsils

Question 3

Hard palate

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The bone in he roof of your mouth

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Soft palate

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The soft part of the back or your mouth

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Uvula

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a fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate that hangs above the throat.

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lingual frenulum

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is a small fold of mucous membrane extending from the floor of the mouth to the midline of the underside of the tongue

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pharynx

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the membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and mouth, connecting them to the esophagus.

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esophagus

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the part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane

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mucosa

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a mucous membrane

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submucosa

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the layer of areolar connective tissue lying beneath a mucous membrane

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muscularis externa

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is a region of muscle in many organs in the vertebrate body, adjacent to the submucosa. It is responsible for gut movement such as peristalsis

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serosa

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the tissue of a serous membrane

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visceral peritoneum

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the part of the peritoneum that lines the abdominal viscera—compare parietal peritoneum

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parietal peritoneum

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is that portion that lines the abdominal and pelvic cavities

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mesentery

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a fold of the peritoneum that attaches the stomach, small intestine, pancreas, spleen, and other organs to the posterior wall of the abdomen

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stomach

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the internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the esophagus to the small intestine

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cardioesophageal sphincter

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pertaining to the cardia of the stomach and the esophagus, as the cardioesophageal junction or sphincter

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pyloric sphincter

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band of smooth muscle at the junction between the pylorus of the stomach and the duodenum of the small intestine

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rugae

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refers to a series of ridges produced by folding of the wall of an organ

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greater curvature

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the boundary of the stomach that forms a long usually convex curve on the left from the opening for the esophagus to the opening into the duodenum

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lesser curvature

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the boundary of the stomach that in humans forms a relatively short concave curve on the right from the opening for the esophagus to the opening into the duodenum

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greater omentum

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greater omentum (also the great omentum, omentum majus, gastrocolic omentum, epiploon, or, especially in animals, caul) is a large apron-like fold of visceral peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach

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chyme

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the pulpy acidic fluid that passes from the stomach to the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partly digested food

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small intestine

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the part of the intestine that runs between the stomach and the large intestine; the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum collectively

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ileocecal valve

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is a sphincter muscle valve that separates the small intestine and the large intestine.

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duodendum

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the first part of the small intestine immediately beyond the stomach, leading to the jejunum.

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jejunum

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the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and ileum.

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ileum

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the third portion of the small intestine, between the jejunum and the cecum.

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pancreatic ducts

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a duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine:a: the chief duct of the pancreas that runs from left to right through the body of the gland,

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bile duct

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the duct that conveys bile from the liver and the gallbladder to the duodenum

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large intestine

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the cecum, colon, and rectum collectively

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cecum

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a pouch connected to the junction of the small and large intestines.

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appendix

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a tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals

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colon

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Water is absorbed here and the remaining waste material is stored as feces

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rectum

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the final section of the large intestine, terminating at the anus.

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anal canal

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anal canal is the most terminal part of the lower GI tract/large intestine, which lies between the anal verge (anal orifice, anus) in the perineum below and the rectum above.

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ascending colon

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the first main part of the large intestine, which passes upward from the cecum on the right side of the abdomen.

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transverse colon

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the middle part of the large intestine, passing across the abdomen from right to left below the stomach

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descending colon

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the part of the large intestine that passes downward on the left side of the abdomen toward the rectum.

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sigmoid colon

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the S-shaped last part of the large intestine, leading into the rectum.

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liver

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a large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates, involved in many metabolic processes.

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gall bladder

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the small sac-shaped organ beneath the liver, in which bile is stored after secretion by the liver and before release into the intestine.