JH+organ+definitions

Pharynx - passage way where food is swallowed
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Esophagus - passage way where peristalsis pushes food to the stomach

Stomach - Secretes acid and digestive enzymes for protein; churns, mixing food with secretions, and sends chyme to the small intestine

Small Intestine - mixes chyme with the digestive enzymes for final breakdown absorbs nutrient molecules into body; secretes digestive hormones into the blood

Large Intestine - absorbs water and salt to form feces

Appendix - a worm shaped blind tube projecting from the first part of the large intestine

Rectum - stores and regulates elimination of feces

Pancreas - produces pancreatic juice: contains digestive enzymes, and sends it to the small intestine; produces insulin and secretes in into the blood after eating

Liver - major metobolic organ: processes and stores nutrients; produces bile for emulsification of fats

Kidney - they excrete a variety of waste produced by metobolizm

Ureter - a tube that takes urine from the kidney to the bladder

Bladder - the hollow sack that holds the urine from the kidneys until defecation

Urethra - it is the tube that carries the urine from the bladder to the outside

Larynx- also known as the voice box

Trachea - the tube that allows air to move into your lungs "windpipe"

Bronchus - the large airway that leads from the trachea to the lung

Bronchiole - the subdivision of the broncus

Alevolar Sac - the place in the lungs where the oxygen and CO2 exchange in the lungs

Pituitary Gland - secretes growth hormone, we have growth hormone receptors in the bones

Adrenal Gland -secretes adrenalin, adrenalin rush, epinephrine

Thyroid Gland - hormone signals the body to burn fat, metabolizm, hyperthyroid - too much hormone loss of weight hypothyroid - too little hormone fat