Internal Organs

Sit on top of kidneys and secrete hormones

Adrenal Glands

Tube connecting mouth to stomach

Esoophagus

Duodenum, jejunum, ileum

Small Intestine

Connects stomach to small intestine

Duodenum

Middle portion of the small intestine

Jejunum

Inferior portion of small intestine (largest)

Ileum

Absorbs water and eliminates indigestible substances

Large Intestine

A small, fingerlike extension of the vertebrate cecum; contains a mass of white blood cells that contribute to immunity

Appendix

Pouch found at the beginning of the large intestine

Cecum

Travel upward from the cecum to the undersurface of the liver

Ascending Colon

Travels horizontally from right to left

Transverse Colon

Down left side of body

Descending Colon

S-shaped that leads to the rectum

Sigmoid Colon

A short tube at the end of the large intestine where waste material is compressed into a solid form before being eliminated

Rectum

Stores fat, functions in body immunity, limit spread of infection. Superficial to the intestines

Greater Omentum

Many metabolic and regulatory functions: produces bile to export to small intestine to break up fat

Liver

Stores bile until needed by intestine

Gall Bladder

Connects to duodenum. Produces enzymes that break down food stuff. Releases insulin to help with CHO metabolism

Pancreas

Filter Toxins and metabolic waste from blood stream and leave body as urine. Regulate volume and chemical makeup of blood. Produce enzyme renin which helps to generate blood pressure

Kidney

Transport urine from kidney to bladder

Ureters

Bladder

Urethra

Removes debris from blood

Spleen

Abdominal Aorta

Common Iliac Artery

External Iliac Artery

Internal Iliac Artery