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| the process by which digested nutrients pass through the wall of the small intestine into the bloodstream |
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| microscopic, fingerlike projections that line the inner wall of the small intestine and increase the surface area available for absorption of nutrients |
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| the part of object that comes in contact with the environment |
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| the organ that scientists believe once helped humans digest the cellulose in plant matter, but has no known purpose now |
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| when the appendix becomes blocked |
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| another name for the large intestine |
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| regular muscular contrations that move food through the digestive tract |
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