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ISBN: 9780073403700

Author: Kenneth S. Saladin Dr.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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To test your knowledge, discuss the following topics with a study partner or in writing ideally from memory.

24.3 The Mouth Through Esophages

2. The shape and anatomical regions of the stomach; its relationship to the greater and lesser omentum; and the sphincters that regulate its entrance and exit

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