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Pharynx Esophagus Stomach Small Intestine Large Intestine Appendix Rectum Pancreas Liver Kidney Ureter Bladder Urethra Larynx Trachea Bronchus Bronchiole Alevolar Sac Pituitary Gland p. 300 Adrenal Gland Thyroid Gland
 * a part of the digestive track that is inbetween the mouth and the esophagus. it is a passageway for food and air that is on its way to the trachea.
 * a muscular tube that allows swallowed food to more from the pharynx to the stomach
 * a muscular sac that mixes food with the gastric juices in order to form chyme so it can enter the small intestines
 * a long tube-like part of the digestive tract that is between the stomach and the large intestine
 * the last major part of the digestive tract that extends from the small intestine to the anus and is made up of the cecum the colon, the rectum, and the anal canal.
 * a small tubular appendage that stretches out from the cecum of the large intestine.
 * the ending point of the digestive tract- between the sigmoid colon and the anus
 * makes digestive enzymes and hormones called insulin and glucagon
 * a big dark red organ that makes urea and bile... it detoxifies the blood, stores glycogen, and makes the plasma proteins
 * an organ that is part of the urinary system... it produces and releases urine
 * one of the two tubes that takes the urine from the kidneys to the bladder
 * where urine is stored before it is released from the body by the urethra
 * a tubular organ that receives the urine from the bladder and moves it to the outside of the body
 * a cartilaginous organ that is in between the pharyns and the trachea... it has the vocal chords and is sometimes call the voice box
 * a passageway the moves air from the larynx to the bronchi.... it is also called the windpipe
 * on of the two major parts of the trachea... it leads to the lungs
 * a smaller air passage thats in the lungs and starts at the bronchi and ends at the alveoli
 * found in the lungs... it is responsible for gas exchange in the blood
 * an endocrine glad that is inferior to the hypothalamus
 * an endocrine gland that is above the kidney... it has an inadrenal medulla and an outer adrenal cortex
 * an endocrine gland in the neck that makes many different hormones (thyroxine, triiodothyronie, and calcitonin)