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Another name for the alimentary canal is the digestive tract. This system includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine, where digestion and absorption of nutrients occur.
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∙ 15y agoit is also referred to as the gastrointestinal tract.
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∙ 13y agoThe digestive system from oesophagus to anus is called the alimentary canal
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∙ 9y agoThe alimentary canal is also known as the digestive tract or gastrointestinal tract.
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What is the last 6 to 8 inches of the alimentary canal?
The last 6 to 8 inches of the alimentary canal is known as the rectum. It is a part of the digestive system where feces are stored before being expelled through the anus. The rectum has stretch receptors that signal when it is time for a bowel movement.
What is the exit point of the alimentary canal?
The alimentary canal, also called digestive tract, is the pathway by which food enters the body and solid wastes are expelled. The alimentary canal includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and ends, to answer your question, at the anus.
Is the pancreas part of the alimentary canal?
No, the pancreas is not part of the alimentary canal. The alimentary canal, also known as the digestive tract, includes organs such as the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. The pancreas is an organ located near the small intestine that produces digestive enzymes and hormones to aid in digestion.
Where is seratonin in your body?
Enterochromafin cells in the alimentary canal
What if the alimentary canal is absent?
The alimentary canal performs all the functions of preparing eaten food for absorption into your body, Without it, their would be no digestive system or digestion. Life would not be possible.
Name the part of the alimentary canal where food enters the alimentary canal?
mouth (oesophagus)
What is the scientific name for gut?
Alimentary canal
What is another name for gastrointestinal tract?
GI tract, GIT, digestive tract, digestion tract, alimentary canal
What is another name for the gut?
Another name for the gut is the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) or digestive system.
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.
Name the parts of the alimentary canal in a pig in the proper order?
The alimentary canal is part of the reproductive system in pigs. The canal is used to transfer the male gamete during reproduction.
Use alimentary canal in a sentence?
What are the other names in medicine for the alimentary canal?
What is the canal of the digestive system?
The alimentary canal or the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
What is an allantoid?
An allantoid is another name for an allantois - a sac, with a number of functions, which develops in the alimentary canal of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
What are the differences between the alimentary canal of a bird and that of a cockroach?
They are the same
What is the system of the canal?
Alimentary Canal
What is alementary canal?
alimentary canal
