exocrine glands that are part of the digestive system

the organ that food travels through to reach the stomach for further digestion

the internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs,

A glandular organ located in the abdomen. It makes pancreatic juices, which contain enzymes that aid in digestion, and it produces several hormones, including insulin.

a small, pear-shaped organ located under your liver that stores and releases bile. Bile is the fluid your liver produces that helps digest fats in the food you eat.

a tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals.

at the end of your colon and on the other side of your anal canal.

finger-shaped plasma membrane protrusions that are found at the surface of a large variety of cell types but are most numerous and elaborated on simple epithelial

The first part of the small intestine. It connects to the stomach.

a bitter greenish-brown alkaline fluid that aids digestion and is secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.

a hollow, muscular tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and opens into the larynx and esophagus.

a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood

flap of cartilage located in the throat behind the tongue and in front of the larynx

oily or greasy nonpolar molecules, stored in the adipose tissue of the body

the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal and which in vertebrates is typically surrounded on the outside by the lips and encloses the tongue, gums, and teeth