The pyloric ceca (or digestive glands) and the cardiac stomach produce digestive enzymes in starfishes. Digested material is absorbed through the pyloric ceca for transport to the rest of the body. Each pyloric cecum extends the length of each arm. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/118 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0002120 ]

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pyloric cecum

pyloric caecum

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UBERON:0008248