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Digestive System
The digestive system anteriorly includes a mouth-like
stoma,
separated from the intestine by a muscular/glandular
pharynx
(esophagus)
by a cardia or pharyngeo-intestinal valve. In females and female-like hermaphrodites,
the intestine terminates as a muscular rectum followed by an anus; whereas
in males the digestive system ends as a cloaca; that is, a duct shared
between the terminus of the digestive and reproductive systems. The digestive
system anteriorly includes a mouth-like stoma.
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