| A | B |
|---|
| oral cavity | mouth |
| tongue | moves food, pushes it to back of throat |
| pharynx | throat, entrance to eustechnion tubes to ears |
| esophagus | food tube to stomach, 9.10" long, paristalsus involuntory muscle contractions |
| stomach | muscular sac that holds about 2 litrs of food/liguad, food storage |
| small intestine | most chemical digestion takes place here and the absorption of nutrients |
| large intestine | also called colon, 5'x 2 1/2" wide, forms feces |
| rectum | stores and releases wastes |
| anus | stores and releases wastes |
| salivary glands | helps break down food |
| liver | 208 functions, important, breaks down red blod cells, produces bile and releases to gallbladder |
| gallbladder | stores bile and releases into common bile duct to S.I. |
| pancreas | secretes pancreatic juices into the first part of the small intestine |
| appendix | small vestigial organ where S.I. and L.I. join |
| villi | absorption of nutrients |
