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  2. File:Digestive system diagram en.svg - Wikipedia

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  3. File:Regions of stomach.svg - Wikipedia

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    Added label for angular incisure. 17:14, 11 September 2010: 105 × 81 (18 KB) Mcstrother: Added label for pylorus. Note that inkscape shows labels for the greater and lesser curvature that are not rendered in png. 17:01, 11 September 2010: 105 × 81 (17 KB) Mcstrother {{Information |Description=Diagram of basic surface anatomy and regions of ...

  4. Human digestive system - Wikipedia

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    It is the part of the throat immediately behind the nasal cavity at the back of the mouth and above the esophagus and larynx. The pharynx is made up of three parts. The lower two parts—the oropharynx and the laryngopharynx are involved in the digestive system. The laryngopharynx connects to the esophagus and it serves as a passageway for both ...

  5. Quadrants and regions of abdomen - Wikipedia

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    Quadrants of the abdomen Diagram showing which organs (or parts of organs) are in each quadrant of the abdomen. The left lower quadrant (LLQ) of the human abdomen is the area left of the midline and below the umbilicus. The LLQ includes the left iliac fossa and half of the left flank region. The equivalent term for animals is left posterior ...

  6. Gastrointestinal tract - Wikipedia

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    Intraperitoneal parts of the GI tract are covered with serosa. These include most of the stomach, first part of the duodenum, all of the small intestine, caecum and appendix, transverse colon, sigmoid colon and rectum. In these sections of the gut, there is a clear boundary between the gut and the surrounding tissue.

  7. Gastrointestinal wall - Wikipedia

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    The intraperitoneal regions include most of the stomach, first part of the duodenum, all of the small intestine, caecum and appendix, transverse colon, sigmoid colon and rectum. In these sections of the gut there is clear boundary between the gut and the surrounding tissue. These parts of the tract have a mesentery.

  8. Stomach - Wikipedia

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    The stomach is involved in the gastric phase of digestion, following the cephalic phase in which the sight and smell of food and the act of chewing are stimuli. In the stomach a chemical breakdown of food takes place by means of secreted digestive enzymes and gastric acid. The stomach is located between the esophagus and the small intestine.

  9. Abdominal cavity - Wikipedia

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    One of these the lesser sac is located behind the stomach and joins into the greater sac via the foramen of Winslow. [1] Some of the organs are attached to the walls of the abdomen via folds of peritoneum and ligaments , such as the liver and others use broad areas of the peritoneum, such as the pancreas .