digestive tract

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abdomen

1= oesophagus or esophagus 2= liver 3= duodenum 4= stomach 5= small intestine 6= caecum or cecum 7= colon 8= appendix 9= rectum 10= anus

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digestive tract (plural digestive tracts)

  1. System of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.

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system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food
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