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| large dark organ. Just inferior to the diaphragm muscle. |
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| green, small organ. Inferior to the liver. |
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| adrenal (suprarenal) glands |
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| superior to each kidney. Shaped like a pyramid. |
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| bean shaped. Attached to back of dorsal abdominal wall. |
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| tubes traveling inferiorly from kidneys to bladder. |
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| left side just inferior to the diaphragm. |
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| posterior to the stomach. Feather shaped gland. |
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| most dorsal organ; muscular tube; pierces the diaphragm muscle as it empties into the stomach. |
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Duodenum-most proximal point (1st 10 in.) Jejunum-8 ft. Ileum-most distal (12 ft.) |
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large intestine (8 parts) 1 cecum |
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pouch on the lower right abdominal cavity. Attached to appendix. |
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large intestine (8 parts) 2 appendix |
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| located in the right upper quadrant. |
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large intestine (8 parts) 3 ascending colon |
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| right abdominal cavity where feces moves up. |
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large intestine (8 parts) 4 hepatic (right colic) flexure |
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| bend in the organ under the liver. |
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large intestine (8 parts) 5 transverse colon |
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| portion that crosses abdominal cavity. R-L. |
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large intestine (8 parts) 6 splenic (left colic) flexure |
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large intestine (8 parts) 7 descending colon |
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| passes downward. Feces travels down. Left side. |
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large intestine (8 parts) 8 Sigmoid colon |
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| dips up, down, up. looks like "~". |
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| descending (abdominal) aorta |
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| the large, elastic artery that carries blood away from the left ventricle and into the systemic system. |
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| the vein that carries blood from the parts of the body inferior to the heart to the right atrium. |
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