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| hollow space in the back of the throat that opens in the nose |
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| sense of taste, taste buds |
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| gland assocosiated with the mouth that makes and gives off saliva |
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| portion of the digestive tract between the mouth and esophagus that serves as a passageway for food and air on the way to the trachea |
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| structure that covers the glottis during the process of swallowing |
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| organ made of cartillage located between pharynx and trachea that contains vocal chords, aka voice box, swallowing help |
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| bony, anterior portion of the roof of your mouth |
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| opening for airflow in the larynx |
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| small cone shaped body projecting downward from the soft pallate |
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| used to talk/make sound, move food around, swallowing |
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| vertical fold of mucuos membrane under the tongue, attaching it to the floor of the mouth |
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| separates the thorax and the abdomen |
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| develops from the gill slits, important in the development of the body's defense mechanisms, has white blood cells that produce antibodies when exposed to foreign invaders |
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| produces thryoxin, which is involved in the maintence of a high metabolic rate |
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| food enters by the reflex of the pharynx to the tummy |
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| body cavity where the thorax and abdominal organs are located |
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| located posterior to the diapragm, digestive/excretory/reproductive organs here |
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| speaces around the lungs *(left and right) |
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| transparent mebrane that covers the abdominal organs |
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