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The gut or alimentary canal can be considered as an extension or inversion of the epithelium or outer skin, as it is physiologically not part of the body. It runs from the mouth from the rectum, and varies in thickness. It has the following functions (comments in brackets for my Yorkshire-born counterparts):
Ingestion (eetin’ an’ swallowin’ [...]