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What 2 separate categories of organs does teh digestive system include?
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The digestive organs
The accessory digestive organs |
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What organs make up the digestive organs and what structure do they collectively make up?
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Oral cavity
pharynx esophagus stomach small intestine large intestine gastrointestinal GI tract or the alimentary canal |
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what is another name for the GI tract?
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alimentary canal
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what pushes materials from one end of the GI tract to another?
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the contraction of muscle in the GI tract
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What do not form along the GI tube, but often develop as outgrowths from and are connected to the GI tract?
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Accessory digestive organs (teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, pancreas)
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The gallbladder and pancreas are part of which category of organs?
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accessory digestive organs
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Which category of organ is the liver part of?
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accessory digestive organ
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The esophagus is part of which category of organ?
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digestive organ
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