Digestive tract

Japanese: 消化管 - しょうかかん

〘Noun〙 A general term for the tubes that animals use to digest and absorb the food they ingest. In higher animals, the tube is open at both ends and continues from the mouth to the anus, but in lower species, the mouth and anus are sometimes the same. In mammals, the tube is broadly divided into the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and anus. *Underwater City (1952) by Kobo Abe: "His digestive tract meows brazenly like a cat."

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Japanese:

〘名〙動物が摂取した食物の消化・吸収を行なう管の総称。高等動物では両端が開口した管状で口から肛門に続くが、下等な種類では口部と肛門部が同一のものもある。哺乳類では口・咽頭・食道・胃・小腸・大腸・肛門に大別される。※水中都市（1952）〈安部公房〉「やつの消化管が猫のように不遠慮に鳴く」

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