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Canal of the anterior portion of the digestive tract; it carries food to the stomach.

Respiratory organ made up of an extensible tissue and forming a sac; air from the buccal cavity flows into it.

Lateral canal located in the anterior portion of the intestine where especially a part of digestion and fermentation take place.

Organ secreting urine; it eliminates toxic substances from the body.

Terminal portion of the intestine, behind the colon allowing fecal matter to be ejected.

Long thin portion of the digestive tract behind the stomach in which most of the digestion and food absorption take place.

Intestinal part of the body between the small intestine and the rectum in which waste collects before being expelled in the form of excrement.

Organ of the circulatory system where impurities in the blood are destroyed.

Dilated section of the digestive tract preceding the intestine; it receives food to be digested.

Viscera that secretes bile, among other substances; bile helps digestion.

Muscular organ helping blood to circulate.

Muscular cartilaginous canal carrying air from the nasal cavity to the lungs.