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| A muscular wall separating the thoratic and abdominal cavities. Plays a role in breathing, permitting inhalation and exhalation. Part of the respiratory system. |
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| Big dark brown organ. Four lobes. Functions: bile production...breaks up fat and conversion of excess sugar to store glycogen and convert back to suagr. Detoxification of harmful substances in diet, synthesis of blood plasma protiens. |
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| Large scar below liver on left side. some digestion occurs here. |
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| Part of circulatory system and produces white blood cells and destroys spent rbc's. |
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| six times the length of rats body. Digestion is completed and absorbtion occurs in the remainder of the small intestine. |
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| first and shortest segment leaving the stomach (u-shaped tube). |
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| belongs to the endocrine and digestive systems, producing pacreatic enzymes and unsulin. |
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| "large" refers to the diameter being larger than the small intestine, it's much shorter. It absorbs water and prepares undigested food for elimination. |
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| Caecum (first region of large intestine) |
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| Fermentation sac, absorbtion region, and harbors bacteria responsible for cellulose digestion in rodents and herbivores. |
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| Colon (second region of large intestine) |
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| Major part. Water and mineral absorbtion occur here. |
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| Rectum (third region of large intestine) |
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| Descending to the anus. Gets rid of waste |
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| located on the left side, only anterior vein that is not paired. |
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| Right/Left anterior jugular veins |
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| large thick veins located laterally and superficially in the thoracic region and emtpy into the precavas. |
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| connect the vascular supply of the kidneys to the posterior vena cava |
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| Largest artery in the body, goes from left ventricle and continues on the left side of the vertebral column as the descending arota. |
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| a large, unpaired vessel branching from the arota just below diaphragm |
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