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The digestive tract is called alimentary canal because its parts form a long tube through which we absorb the nutrition in our food. The word "alimentary" comes from the Latin word for nourishment, alimentum.

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Continous tube from the mouth to the anus?

It called the 'digestive tract' or 'alimentary canal'. ...........................................................................................................................


What is the canal of the digestive system?

The alimentary canal or the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.


What is another name for the alimentary canal?

Another name for the alimentary canal is the digestive tract. This system includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine, where digestion and absorption of nutrients occur.


What is another name for gastrointestinal tract?

GI tract, GIT, digestive tract, digestion tract, alimentary canal


The organs forming a continuous tube from the mouth to the anus are collectively called the?

crap tunnel... no I'm just joking, its actually called the digestive system. You see there are so many different organs from mouth to anus that there is not one single name for it, but a system (group of organs working together for the same purpose).


What term is given to the digestive tract that runs from mouth to anus?

The alimentary canal.


The stomach and small intestines are part of?

These organs are part of the alimentary canal. The digestive system.


What is in the alimentary canal of a human?

it is the Digestive Tract - food in one end, waste out of the other


To what system do the stomach small intestine and esophagus belong?

The digestive system, sometimes also called the gastrointestinal tract, or alimentary canal.


What organs are not part of the alimentary canal?

The pancreas and the liver are the body organs that are not part of the alimentary canal. The liver and the pancreas are the organs that are not part of the alimentary canal.


What is the exit point of the alimentary canal?

The alimentary canal, also called digestive tract, is the pathway by which food enters the body and solid wastes are expelled. The alimentary canal includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and ends, to answer your question, at the anus.


How is the digestive tract correlated with the shape of the animal's body?

the alimentary canal is ventral to the vertebral column.