Digestive System Matching

Anus

The terminal end of the anal canal that opens to the exterior of the body

Appendix

A blind tubelike structure which hangs from the cecum and is a common site of infection

Ascending colon

Part of the colon that travels up the right side of the abdominal cavity

Bile duct

Structure through which bile enters the duodenum

Body of the stomach

The midportion of the stomach, inferior to the fundus

Common hepatic duct

Structure through which bile leaves the liver

Cystic duct

Structure which drains bile from the gallbladder

Descending colon

Part of the colon that travels down the left side of the abdominal cavity

Duodenum

Part of the small intestine that extends from the pyloric sphincter

External anal sphincter

The voluntary sphincter of the anus

Falciform ligament

Suspends the liver from the diaphragm and anterior abdominal wall

Fundus

The expanded portion of the stomach

Gallbladder

Small green sac on the inferior surface of the liver that concentrates bile

Greater omentum

A sac-like mesentery extending from the greater curvature of the stomach and covers the abdominal contents in an apron-like fashion

Hepatic artery

The functional blood supply of the liver

Hepatic vein

Drains blood from the liver

Hepatopancreatic ampulla

Structure in which the pancreatic duct fuses with the bile duct just as it enters the duodenum

Ileum

the terminal portion of the small intestine

Internal anal sphincter

The involuntary sphincter of the anus

Jejunum

The second division of the small intestine that extends for about 8 feet

Laryngopharynx

Passageway extending from the epiglottis to the base of the larynx

Lesser omentum

A mesentery that extends from the liver to attach to the lesser curvature of the stomach

Liver

The largest gland in the body

Main pancreatic duct

Duct which drains pancreatic juice from the pancreas

Oropharynx

Passageway behind the oral cavity extending from the soft palate to the epiglottis

Pancreas

A triangular gland with an endocrine and exocrine function

Parotid glands

Large glands anterior to the ear and ducting into the mouth over the second upper molar through the parotid duct

Pylorus

The terminal part of the stomach

Rectum

Part of the large intestine following the sigmoid colon

Sigmoid colon

The S-shaped part of the colon

Sublingual glands

Small glands located anteriorly in the floor of the mouth

Submandibular glands

Glands along the medical aspect of the mandibular body in the floor of the mouth

Transverse colon

Part of the colon that travels across the abdominal cavity