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| Tongue | A Mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity |
| Salivary Glands | any gland in mammals that produces and secretes saliva into the mouth |
| Esophagus | the passage down which food moves between the throat and the stomach |
| Gall Bladder | •a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for |
| Liver | •large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous ... |
| Stomach | •an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion |
| Duodenum | •the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum |
| Pancreas | •a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin |
| Large Intestine | •beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces |
| Small Intestine | •the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed |
| Rectum | •the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus |
| Appendix | •a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch |
| Anus | •the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal |
