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Mechanically breakdown food |
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Secrete enzymes to begin chemical breakdown of foods and lubricate food for swallowing |
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Transports food to stomach |
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Receives chyme from the stomach along with secretory enzymes from the gallbladder and pancreas |
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Produces hydrochloric acid and pepsinogen that aid in the chemical breakdown of food |
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Produces bile, converts glucose to glycogen for storage, detoxifies many constituents of the absorbed disgested compounds |
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Stores bile for breakdown of fats |
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Produces digestive enzymes and delivers them through the pancreatic duct to the duodenum |
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Responsible for the majority of nutrient absorption and reabsoption of water |
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Continues the process of nutrient absoption and reabsorption of water |
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In adult herbivores, a large structure containing anaerobic bacteria and protozoans responsible for breakdown of cellulose. This structure has a reduced appearance and function in carnivores and omnivores |
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Responsible for reabsoption of water and elctrolytes; produces feces |
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Final site of water reabsoption and feces production |
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Regulates egestion of undigested food (feces) from the body |
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