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| secretes digestive enzymes; where most absorption of digested nutrients occurs, mesentery is visible as well as vessels |
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| produces acid for chemical digestion |
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| Digestion and reabsorption of water, also known as the colon |
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| a long, whitish, cauliflower-like organ located dorsal to the stomach; produces digestive enzymes; regulates blood |
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| produces bile to aid in digestion; takes poison out of the body; blood cell production |
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| dome-shaped muscle that contracts to draw air into the lungs; most important organ in respiration; belongs to respiratory & musculatory system |
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| filters the blood & removes abnormal cells & it makes disease-fighting components of the immune system; not part of the digestive system; largest organ of the lymphatic system |
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| stores bile secreted by the liver |
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| the smaller end (right side) of the stomach |
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| the large anterior end of the stomach (upper left side) |
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| picks up nutrients from digestion to the rest of the body; holds the small intestine together |
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| point at which the stomach and the small intestine meet; it's a ringlike muscle that normally maintains |
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