Campbell Biology in Focus
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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Rebecca Orr
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 33.4, Problem 1CC
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Two advantages of having a longer alimentary canal to process plant material that is not easy to digest.
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Alimentary canal is also called the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract). It is an organ system that digests the food ingested by an organism. The alimentary canal extracts and absorbs mineral nutrients from the food and expels the waste as feces.
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Ch. 33.4 - Prob. 2CCCh. 33.4 - Prob. 3CCCh. 33.5 - Prob. 1CCCh. 33.5 - The energy required to maintain each gram of body...Ch. 33.5 - Prob. 3CCCh. 33 - The mammalian trachea and esophagus both connect...Ch. 33 - Which organ is incorrectly paired with its...Ch. 33 - Which of the following is not a major activity of...Ch. 33 - Prob. 4TYUCh. 33 - Prob. 5TYUCh. 33 - If you were to jog 1 km a few hours after lunch,...Ch. 33 - Prob. 7TYUCh. 33 - FOCUS ON EVOLUTION The human esophagus and trachea...Ch. 33 - Prob. 9TYUCh. 33 - Prob. 10TYU
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