Letter A

Accessory

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Additional, extra, supplementary, subsidiary to the main thing.

An accessory digestive organ is an organ that helps with digestion but is not part of the digestive tract.

The accessory nerve is so-called because it receives an additional (accessory) root from the upper part of the spinal cord.

An accessory placenta is an extra placenta separate from the main placenta

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