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Series of involuntary muscle contractions that move foods, liquids, and waste through the digestive tract
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Thick, semi-fluid substance created in the stomach during digestion
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Glycoprotein produced by the parietal cells essential for vitamin B12 absorption
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Muscular valves at the top and bottom of the esophagus that control food passage & prevent reflux
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The top part of the stomach where the esophagus connects
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uppermost part of the stomach storing food, collecting gas, secreting acid, enzymes, & intrinsic factor
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Stores food and breaks it down mechanically
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Muscular valve connecting the stomach to the duodenum acting as a gate keeper only allowing for processed food
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acid-secreting epithelial cells found primarily in the gastric glands of the stomach lining
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secrete pepsinogen to digest protein
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activate in stomach acid to digest proteins
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folds of the stomach walls that allow it to stretch and expand up to four times its size to accommodate food
