#alimentary_canal__alimentary_tract__digestive_tube__digestivetube__digestivetract__gastrointestinal_tract__GI_tract  tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
  supertype:  duct__canal__channel  a bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance
  subtype:  enteron  the alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate)
  part of:  digestive_system
  part:  tummy__stomach__tum__breadbasket  an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
     part:  gastric_artery__gastricartery__arteria_gastrica__arteriagastrica  arteries that supplies the walls of the stomach
     part:  gastric_vein__gastricvein__vena_gastrica  one of several veins draining the stomach walls
     part:  gastroomental_vein__gastroomentalvein__gastroepiploic_vein__vena_gastroomentalis  one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach
     part:  pit_of_the_stomach__epigastric_fossa  a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
  part:  esophagus__esophagu__oesophagus__gorge__gullet  the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
     part:  epicardia  the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach
     part:  cardiac_sphincter__cardiacsphincter  the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach; the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction
  part:  small_intestine__smallintestine  the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed
     part:  ileal_artery__ilealartery__intestinalartery__arteria_ileum__arteriaileum  branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the ileum
     part:  jejunal_artery__jejunalartery__intestinal_artery  branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the jejunum
  part:  large_intestine__largeintestine  beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces
     part:  cecum__caecum__blind_gut  the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"
        part:  vermiform_appendix__vermiformappendix__appendix__vermiform_process__vermiformproces__cecal_appendage__cecalappendage  a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
     part:  transverse_colon  the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon
     part:  ascending_colon__ascendingcolon  the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon
        part:  ascending_artery__ascendingartery__arteria_ascendens__arteriaascenden  the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon
     part:  descending_colon  the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon
     part:  sigmoid_colon__sigmoidcolon__sigmoid_flexure__sigmoidflexure  the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum
     part:  rectum  the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus
        part:  rectal_artery__arteria_rectalis  one of the arteries supplying the rectal area
        part:  anus__arse__arsehole__asshole  excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal
           part:  anal_sphincter__sphincter_ani__sphincterani__musculus_sphincter_ani  the sphincter muscle of the anus
              part:  musculus_sphincter_ani_externus  an external ring of striated muscle surrounding the anus
              part:  musculus_sphincter_ani_internus  an internal ring of smooth muscle formed by circular fibers of the rectum
  part:  pharynx__throat  the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
     part:  lingua__tongue__glossa__clapper  a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
        part:  tastebud__taste_bud__tastebud__gustatory_organ__gustatoryorgan  an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
           part:  neuroepithelium  epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings
           part:  taste_cell__tastecell__gustatory_cell__gustatorycell  an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve
     part:  nasopharynx  cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx
        part:  palatine_tonsil__tonsil__faucial_tonsil__faucialtonsil__tonsilla  either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
     part:  oropharynx  cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth
     part:  laryngopharynx  the lower part of the pharynx
     part:  pharyngeal_tonsil__adenoid__Luschka's_tonsil__third_tonsil__thirdtonsil__tonsilla_pharyngealis__tonsilla_adenoidea  a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx); "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"; "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children"
     part:  pharyngeal_recess  a small recess in the wall of the pharynx

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