digestive tract | | |
n. (body) | 1. alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, gi tract | tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination. |
| ~ duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel | a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance.; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" |
| ~ digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium | the system that makes food absorbable into the body. |
| ~ stomach, tum, breadbasket, tummy | an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion. |
| ~ enteron | the alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate). |
| ~ esophagus, gullet, oesophagus, gorge | the passage between the pharynx and the stomach. |
| ~ small intestine | the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed. |
| ~ large intestine | beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces. |
| ~ pharynx, throat | the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone. |
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