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What is the esophagus?
This is muscular tube that connects the mouth to the sac.
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What is Cellulase?
The enzyme allows cows to digest grass.
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What is Phagocytosis?
An Amoeba uses this process in order to get food and nutrients.
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What is the Kidney?
This organ perform the essential function of removing waste products from the blood and regulating the water fluid levels.
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What is the Nephron?
This is the functional unit of the kidney.
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What is the pancreas?
This is where insulin is created, which is then secreted into the bloodstream.
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What is Leptin?
This is an appetite suppressant.
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What is Cud?
When a cow eats, it regurgitates its food to form this.
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What is the Bladder?
This organ is a hollow and muscular chamber that can collect and store urine.
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What is Lactose Intolerance?
This condition, the inability to digest a sugar found in milk, is the primary cause of inflammatory bowel disease, which occurs in the colon and small intestine.
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What is the liver?
This is where nutrients are absorbed from the small intestine and is considered the body's "chemical factory"
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What is Ghrelin?
This is an appetite stimulant.
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What is the Cecum?
Microbes are housed in this part of the bird's digestive system.
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What are the Renal Artery and Renal Vein?
These are the two veins that are in the kidney where blood enters and exits.
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What is Renin?
This is the enzyme secreted by and stored in the kidneys that promotes the production of the protein angiotensin and that is released into the bloodstream.
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What are the villi?
These structures increase the surface area in the small intestines in order to help the absorption of nutrients.
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What is Pepsin?
This enzyme denatures proteins in the stomach.
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What is Keratin?
A bird's teeth are made out of this protein.
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What is the Renal Cortex?
This is where urine forms in the outermost layer of each kidney.
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What is Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease?
This is the name of the condition where the sphincters do not work properly and stomach juice and contents splash up to the esophagus. A common symptom of this condition is heartburn.
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What are the sphincters?
These are smooth ringed muscles that pace digestion.
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What is Lysozyme?
This enzyme not only breaks down food, but it also acts as a non specific defender against bacteria and viruses.
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What is the Gastro-Vascular Cavity?
This is the Cnidarian's version of a stomach.
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What is the Loop of Henle?
This create a concentration gradient in the medulla of the kidney (in other words, is to reabsorb water and important nutrients in the filtrate).
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What is the Abomasum?
This is the 4th and final stomach in a cow and where rennin, used in cheese creation, is secreted.
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