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What is the correct sequence for the layers within the wall of the alimentary canal from inside to outside?
The layers of the alimentary tube wall are mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa, and serosa.
What is the layer of the alimentary tube that produces digestive secretions?
Diegestive secretions are secreated by wich layer of the almentary tube?
The plicae circulares and intestinal villi are found in which of the four layers of the alimentary tube wall?
The plicae circulares and intestinal villi are found in the mucosa.
What is the tube which connects liver to the alimentary canal?
Bile duct is the tube which connects liver to the alimentary canal
What does the alimentary tube extend from?
esophagus
Which of the following is the correct order of the layers of the gastrointestinal tract wall from lumen to external surface?
The correct order of the layers of the gastrointestinal tract wall from lumen to external surface is mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa, and serosa (or adventitia depending on the location in the body).
Why is the alimentary canal often called a a tube within a tube?
The alimentary canal is another name for the digestive tract. It is a tubular system that starts at the mouth and ends at the anus. It is enclosed by the coelom, thus forming a tube within a tube.
How long is the alimentary tube?
approximately 6 metres when stretched
What is the continuous tube from the mouth to the anus called?
alimentary canal
What is the difference between the alimentary canal and the digestive canal?
The alimentary canal is just the tube that goes from the mouth to the anus. The digestive system includes that tube but also all of the physiology that occurs along the tube and the accessory organs actions and products.
What are the walls of the digestive tube which contain mucus called?
mucosa
The digestive tract is also called the alimentary canal?
The digestive tract is called alimentary canal because its parts form a long tube through which we absorb the nutrition in our food. The word "alimentary" comes from the Latin word for nourishment, alimentum.
