A fleshy movable muscular process of the floor of the mouths that bears sensory end organs and small glands and functions especially in taking and swallowing food and in humans as a speech organ

The muscular tubular passage of the digestive and respiratory tracts extending from the back of the nasal cavity and mouth to the esophagus

The muscular tube through which food passes from the throat to the stomach.

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. The pancreas is surrounded by the stomach, intestines, and other organs.

Helps digest food by mixing it with digestive juices and churning it into a thin liquid.

A large organ located in the upper abdomen. Cleanses the blood and aids in digestion by secreting bile.

The middle portion of the colon that extends across the abdominal cavity

A membranous muscular sac in which bile from the liver is stored

The part of the large intestine on the left side that extends from the bend below the spleen to the sigmoid colon

The first part of the small intestine. It connects to the stomach. Helps to further digest food coming from the stomach. It absorbs nutrients (vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, proteins) and water from food so they can be used by the body.

The middle part of the small intestine. It is between the duodenum (first part of the small intestine) and the ileum (last part of the small intestine). Helps to further digest food coming from the stomach. It absorbs nutrients (vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, proteins) and water from food so they can be used by the body.

The part of the large intestine that extends from the cecum to the bend on the right side below the liver

The contracted and crooked part of the colon immediately above the rectum

A small, fingerlike pouch that sticks out from the cecum (the first part of the large intestine near the end of the small intestine).

The last several inches of the large intestine closest to the anus.

The opening of the rectum to the outside of the body.