| A | B |
|---|
| bile | substance produced by liver, emulsifies fat |
| ascending colon | portion of colon that travels up the right side of the abdominal cavity |
| bilirubin | one of two pigments that determines the color of bile; reddish in color |
| bolus | rounded mass; food prepared by mouth for swallowing |
| buccal cavity | mouth cavity bounded by the inner surface of the cheek |
| cardiac sphincter | circular muscle fibers around cardiac end of esophagus |
| cecum | pouch at the proximal end of the large intestine |
| chyme | food which has undergone gastric digestion |
| common bile duct | formed by the union of the hepatic duct and cystic duct which brings bile to the duodenum |
| cystic duct | duct from gallbladder to common bile duct |
| descending colon | portion of the colon that travels down from the splenic flexure on the lift side of the abdomen |
| transverse colon | portion of the colon that veers left across the abdomen to just below the spleen |
| duodenum | first part of the small intestine; beginning at pylorus |
| enzyme | organic catalyst that initiates and accelerates a chemical reaction |
| esophagus | a muscular tube; takes food from pharynx to the stomach |
