Digestive System Parts Flashcards
Alimentary canal
The passage through which food passes,including the mouth, oesophagus, stomach,intestines and anus
Anus
The opening at the end of the digestive system from which waste exits the body
Appendix
A small sac located on the cecum
Ascending colon
The part of the large intestine that run upwards it is located after the cecum
Bile
A digestive chemical that is produced in the liver, stirred in the gall bladder, and secreted into the small intestine
Cecum
The first part of the large intestine; the appendix is connected to the cecum
Chyme
Food in the stomach that is partly digested and mixed with stomach acids. Chyme goes into the small intestine for further digestion
Descending colon
The part of the large intestine that run downwards after the transverse colon send before the sigmoid colon
Duodenum
The first part of the small intestine it is C shaped and runs from the stomach to the jenjunum
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Epiglottis
The flap at the back of your tongue that stop food going down the wind pipe and air going down your oesophagus
Oesophagus
The long tube that food runs down to get to the stomach (muscles have a rhythmic movement)
Gall bladder
A small sac like organ located by the duodenum. It stores and releases bile into the small intestine
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Ileum
The last parts of the small intestine before the large intestine begins