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Digestion
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The chemical breakdown of food into small organic fragments suitable for absorption by the digestive epithelium.
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What are mesenteries?
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Mesenteries are double sheets of peritoneal membrane.
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What do mesenteries do?
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Mesenteries stabilize the positions of the attached organs and prevent your intestines from becoming entangled during digestive movements or sudden changes in body position.
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Mucosa
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The inner lining of the digestive tract is a mucous membrane consisting of an:
*Epithelium, moistened by glandular secretions and *a lamina propria of areolar tissue. |
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The stomach, the small intestine, and almost the entire length of the large intesine(where absorption occurs) have...
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a simple columnar epithelium that contains goblet cells.
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