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digestive system, also known as gastrointestinal system, or alimentary system, GI system
body system that is a long, muscualr tube that begins at the mouth and ends at the anus
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aliment/o
combining for for nurishment
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or/o, stomat/o
combining form for mouth
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Gnath/o
combining form for jaw
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prognathia
an animal that has an elongnated mandible or a manible that is overshot
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brachygnathia
an mandible that is undershot, aka parrot mouth
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labia
medical term for lips
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Cheil/o , labi/o
combining forms for lips
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bucc/o
combining form for cheek
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buccal
pertaining to the cheek
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hard palate
forms the bony protion of the palate that is covered with specilizedmucos membrane
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soft palate
forms the soft felible caudal portion of the palate
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gloss/o, lingu/o
combining form for tounge
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dent/o, dent/i, odont/o
combining form for teeth
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decidous dentition
tempory set of teeth that erupt in young animals and are replaced at or near maturity
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perminate dentition
the set of teeth designed to last a lifetime of an animal
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retained deciduous
the tooth that has not been shed
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gingival
mucas membrane that surrounds teeth and forms mouth lining
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gingiv/o
combining form for gums
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sialaden/o
combining forms for salvary glands
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sial/o
combinng form for savalry glands
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hypersalivation
excessive production of saliva
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ptyal/o
combining form for saliva
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ptyalism
excessive prodution of saliva
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monogastic
animls that have one true glandular stomach
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ruminate
animlas that have one true glandualr stomach
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regurgitate
chewing the spit up food again and processing it again
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cud
food paritcals that are spit back up
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ingesta
the material taken in orally
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deglitition
the process of swallowing
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digestion
processing food and taking out the minerals and protiens in it
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prehension
grasping of food.
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defecation
emptying of the bowles
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mastication
breaks foods into smaller pieces and mixes the ingesta with saliva
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phag/o
combining form for eating
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pharynx
cavity in the caudal oral cavity that joins the respirtory system and gastrointestinal system
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pharyng/o
the combinging form for pharynX
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esophagus
the callapsible muscialr tube that leads the oral cavity to the stomach
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esophag/o
combinng form for esophagus
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gastr/o
combining form for stomach
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Duodenum
first portion of the small intestine
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duoden/o
combinign form for duodenum
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jejunum
middle portion of the small intestine
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jejun/o
combing form for jejunum
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Ileum
last portion of the small intestine
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Ile/o
combinging form for ileum
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cecum
large intestine consists of this
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col/o and colon/o
combining form for colon
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colon
in the large intestine
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rectum
end of large intestine
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cec/o
combing form for ceco
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recto/o
combining form for rectum
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anus
end of large intestine
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an/o
combing form for anus
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anal sacs
pair of pouches in the skinbetween the internal and external sphincters
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abdomin/o and celi/o
combing form for abdomin
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