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 * Portion of the digestive tract between the mouth and the esophagus that serves as a passageway for food and also for air on its way to the trachea.
 * Muscular tube for moving swallowed food from the pharynx to the stomach,
 * Muscluar sac that mixes food with gastric juices to form chyme, which enters the small intestine.
 * Long tube-lime chamber of the digestive tract between the stomach and large intestine.
 * Last major portion of the digestive tract, extending from the small intestine to teh anus and consisting of cecum, the colon, the rectum, and the anal canal.
 * In humans, small, tubular appendage that extends outward from the cecum of the large intestine.
 * Terminal end of the digestive tube between the sigmoid colon and the anus
 * Internal organ that produces digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagon
 * Large, dark red internal organ that produces urea and bile, detoxifies the blood, stores glycogen, and produces the plasma proteins, among other functions.
 * Organ in the urinary system that produces and excretes urine.
 * one of two tubes that take urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
 * Organ where urine is stored before discharges by way of the urethra.
 * tubular structure that receives urine from the bladder and carries it to the outside of the body.
 * Cartilaginous organ located between the pharynx and the trachea that contains the vocal cords, also called the vocal box.
 * Passageway that conveys air from the larynx to the bronchi, also called the windpipe.
 * One of tow major divisions of the trachea leading to the lungs.
 * Smaller air passages in the lungs that begin at the bronchi and terminate in alveoli.
 * The place in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange gases.
 * Endocrine gland that lies just inferior to the hypothalamus; consist of the anterior pituitary and posterior pituitary.
 * An endocrine gland that lies atop a kidney; consisting of the inner adrenal medulla and the outer adrenal cortex
 * Endocrine gland in the neck hat produces several important hormones, including thyroxine, thiiodthyronine, and calcitonin.