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Absorption
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Passage of materials through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream
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Amino acid
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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 RLQ; literally hanging (pend/o) on (ap-)
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Bile
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Digestive juice made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder; emulsifies large fat globules; composed of bile pigments, cholesterol, and bile salts
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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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Peristalsis
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Rhythmic contractions of the tubes of the GI tract and other structures; contents of GI move at different rates: stom.5-2h, s.i.2-6h, col.6-72h
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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 the cecum, ascending, transverse, and descending segments, and rectum
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Common bile duct
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Carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum; aka the choledochus
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Defecation
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Elimination of feces from the digestive tract through 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 and a protective layer of cementum in the root
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