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| Mechanically breakdown food |
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| Secrete enzymes to begin chemical breakdown of foods and lubricate food for swallowing |
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| Transports food to stomach |
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| Receives chyme from the stomach along with secretory enzymes from the gallbladder and pancreas |
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| Produces hydrochloric acid and pepsinogen that aid in the chemical breakdown of food |
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| Produces bile, converts glucose to glycogen for storage, detoxifies many constituents of the absorbed disgested compounds |
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| Stores bile for breakdown of fats |
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| Produces digestive enzymes and delivers them through the pancreatic duct to the duodenum |
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| Responsible for the majority of nutrient absorption and reabsoption of water |
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| Continues the process of nutrient absoption and reabsorption of water |
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| In adult herbivores, a large structure containing anaerobic bacteria and protozoans responsible for breakdown of cellulose. This structure has a reduced appearance and function in carnivores and omnivores |
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| Responsible for reabsoption of water and elctrolytes; produces feces |
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| Final site of water reabsoption and feces production |
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| Regulates egestion of undigested food (feces) from the body |
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