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Side A ------ Side B
MESENTERY ------ STRUCTURE THAT SUSPENDS THE SMALL INTESTINES FROM THE POSTERIOR BODY WALL
VILLI ------ FINGER-LIKE EXTENSIONS OF THE INTESTINAL MUCOSA THAT INCREAE THE SURFACE AREA
PEYER'S PATCH ------ COLLECTIONS OF LYMPHATIC TISSUE FOUND IN THE SUBMUCOSA OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
PLICAE CIRCULARES ------ FOLDS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE WALL 
ORAL CAVITY
STOMACH ------ TWO ANATOMICAL REGIONS INVOLVED IN THE PHYSICAL BREAKDOWN OF FOOD 
TONGUE ------ ORGAN THAT MIXES FOOD IN THE MOUTH
PHARYNX ------ COMMON PASSAGE FOR FOOD AND AIR
GREATER OMENTUM
LESSER OMENTUM
MESENTERY ------ THREE EXTENSION/ MODIFICATIONS OF THE PERITONEUM
ESOPHAGUS ------ LITERALLY A FOOD CHUTE; HAS NO DIGESTIVE OT ABSORPTIVE ROLE
RUGAE ------ FOLDS OF THE STOMACH MUCOSA 
HAUSTRA  ------ SACLIKE OUTPOCKETINGS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE WALL
MICROVILLI ------ PROJECTIONS OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE OF A CELL THAT INCREASE THE CELL'S SURFACE AREA
ILEOCECAL VALVE ------ PREVENTS FOOD FROM MOVING INTO THE SMALL INTESTINE ONCE IT HAS ENTERED THE LARGE INTESTINE
PARIETAL PERITONEUM ------ SEROSA OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY WALL
COLON ------ ORGAN PRIMARILY INVOLVED IN WATER ABSORPTION AND FECES FORMATION
VESTIBULE ------ AREA BETWEEN THE TEETH AND LIPS/CHEEKS
APPENDIX ------ BLIND SAC HANGING FROM THE INITIAL PART OF THE COLON
STOMACH ------ ORGAN IN WHICH PROTEIN DIGESTION BEGINS
LESSER OMENTUM ------ MEMBRANE ATTACHED TO THE LESSER CURVATURE OF THE STOMACH 
SMALL INTESTINES  ------ ORGAN IN WHICH THE STOMACH EMPTIES
ORGAN THAT RECEIVES PANCREATIC JUICE AND BILE
ORGAN RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST FOOD AND WATER ABSORPTION
PYLORIC SPHINCTER(VALVE) ------ SPHINCTER, CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF FOOD FROM THE STOMACH INTO THE DUODENUM
SOFT PALATE ------ UVULA HANGS FROM ITS POSTERIOR EDGE 
ANAL CANAL  ------ REGION, CONTAINING TWO SPHINCTERS, THROUGH FECES ARE EXPELLED FROM THE BODY
HARD PALATE ------ ANTEROSUPERIOR BOUNDARY OF THE ORAL CAVITY; SUPPORTED BY BONE

Side A ------ Side B
MESENTERY ------ STRUCTURE THAT SUSPENDS THE SMALL INTESTINES FROM THE POSTERIOR BODY WALL
VILLI ------ FINGER-LIKE EXTENSIONS OF THE INTESTINAL MUCOSA THAT INCREAE THE SURFACE AREA
PEYER'S PATCH ------ COLLECTIONS OF LYMPHATIC TISSUE FOUND IN THE SUBMUCOSA OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
PLICAE CIRCULARES ------ FOLDS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE WALL 
ORAL CAVITY
STOMACH ------ TWO ANATOMICAL REGIONS INVOLVED IN THE PHYSICAL BREAKDOWN OF FOOD 
TONGUE ------ ORGAN THAT MIXES FOOD IN THE MOUTH
PHARYNX ------ COMMON PASSAGE FOR FOOD AND AIR
GREATER OMENTUM
LESSER OMENTUM
MESENTERY ------ THREE EXTENSION/ MODIFICATIONS OF THE PERITONEUM
ESOPHAGUS ------ LITERALLY A FOOD CHUTE; HAS NO DIGESTIVE OT ABSORPTIVE ROLE
RUGAE ------ FOLDS OF THE STOMACH MUCOSA 
HAUSTRA  ------ SACLIKE OUTPOCKETINGS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE WALL
MICROVILLI ------ PROJECTIONS OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE OF A CELL THAT INCREASE THE CELL'S SURFACE AREA
ILEOCECAL VALVE ------ PREVENTS FOOD FROM MOVING INTO THE SMALL INTESTINE ONCE IT HAS ENTERED THE LARGE INTESTINE
PARIETAL PERITONEUM ------ SEROSA OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY WALL
COLON ------ ORGAN PRIMARILY INVOLVED IN WATER ABSORPTION AND FECES FORMATION
VESTIBULE ------ AREA BETWEEN THE TEETH AND LIPS/CHEEKS
APPENDIX ------ BLIND SAC HANGING FROM THE INITIAL PART OF THE COLON
STOMACH ------ ORGAN IN WHICH PROTEIN DIGESTION BEGINS
LESSER OMENTUM ------ MEMBRANE ATTACHED TO THE LESSER CURVATURE OF THE STOMACH 
SMALL INTESTINES  ------ ORGAN IN WHICH THE STOMACH EMPTIES
ORGAN THAT RECEIVES PANCREATIC JUICE AND BILE
ORGAN RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST FOOD AND WATER ABSORPTION
PYLORIC SPHINCTER(VALVE) ------ SPHINCTER, CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF FOOD FROM THE STOMACH INTO THE DUODENUM
SOFT PALATE ------ UVULA HANGS FROM ITS POSTERIOR EDGE 
ANAL CANAL  ------ REGION, CONTAINING TWO SPHINCTERS, THROUGH FECES ARE EXPELLED FROM THE BODY
HARD PALATE ------ ANTEROSUPERIOR BOUNDARY OF THE ORAL CAVITY; SUPPORTED BY BONE