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Absorption
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Passage of materials thru the walls of small intestine into the bloodstream
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Amino acids
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Building blocks of proteins, produced when proteins are digested
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Amylase
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Enzyme secreted by the pancreas to digest starch
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Anus
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Opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body
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Appendix
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Blind pouch hanging from the cecum (in the RLQ). literally means hanging on.
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Bile
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Digestive juice made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Breaks up (emulsifies) large fat globules.
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Bilirubin
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Pigment released by the liver in bile
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Bowel
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Intestine
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Canine teeth
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Pointed dog tooth-like, next to incisors, also called cuspids or eyeteeth
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Cecum
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First part of the large intestine.
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Colon
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Large intestine, consisting of cecum, ascending, transverse, & descending segments, & the rectum
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Common bile duct
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Carries bile from liver and gallbladder to duodenum, also called choledochus.
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Defecation
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Elimination of feces from the digestive tract thru the rectum
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Deglutition
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Swallowing
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Dentin
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Major tissue composing teeth, covered by the enamel in the crown, protected by cementum in the root
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