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The Stomach

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anal canal
noun
terminal part of the rectum forming the passage to the anus
appendix
noun
bodily outgrowth or process
ascending colon
noun
first portion of the colon
cardiac sphincter
noun
thickened muscular ring surrounding the opening between the esophagus and the stomach
common bile duct
noun
duct that is formed by the union of the hepatic and cystic ducts and discharges into the duodenum
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common hepatic duct
noun
part of the biliary duct system that is formed by the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts
cystic duct
noun
duct that leads from the gallbladder and joins the hepatic duct to form the common bile duct
descending colon
noun
last portion of the colon
duodenum
noun
first portion of the small intestine, from the stomach to the jejunum
esophagus
noun
muscular passage connecting the mouth or pharynx with the stomach
gallbladder
noun
muscular sac attached to undersurface of the right lobe of the liver, bile is stored, concentrated
ileocecal valve
noun
valve formed by two folds of mucous membrane at the opening of the ileum into the large intestine
ileum
noun
third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum
jejunum
noun
middle portion of the small intestine, between the duodenum and the ileum
large intestine
noun
portion of the intestine that extends from the ileum to the anus
liver
noun
large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity
pyloric sphincter
noun
thickening of the layer of the gastric musculature encircling the gastroduodenal junction
rectum
noun
lower part of the alimentary canal, between the sigmoid flexure of the colon and the anus
sigmoid colon
noun
contracted and crooked part of the colon immediately above the rectum
small intestine
noun
long, coiled section of the intestine, extends from the stomach to beginning of the large intestine
stomach
noun
saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal forms an organ for storing, diluting, digesting of food
transverse colon
noun
middle portion of the colon

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