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What is in the digestive system

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Salivary glands: produce enzymes
Liver:produces bile
Stomach:digestion happen here
Pancreas: produces digestive enzymes
Large intestine:water is absorbed and poo is formed

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Digestive enzymes

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Amylase breaks down the starch into glucose
Protease breaks down protein into amino acids
Lipase breaks down lipids into fatty acids +glycerol

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The ranks of oragans

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Cells>tissue>organ>organ system
Musclecell>glandular tissue>heart>dig sys

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Enzymes lock and key theory

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Enzyme molecules have an active site ,a substrate molecule fits into that active site (like a lock and key) when the enzyme becomes denatured (it can only become denatured after it has reached its optimum temperature)the substrate can no longer fit in the active site

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Small fact about bile

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Bike is an alkaline so it neutralizes hydrochloric acid made by the stomach ,it also emulsifies fat breaking it down into tiny droplets

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what is plasma

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Plasma is a yellow liquid it transports cells and it transports liquids around the body

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What do red blood cells do

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Transport oxygen around the body through blood vessels they contain haemoglobin and have no nucleus

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What are white blood cells

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They are part of the immune system they have a nucleus and are larger then red blood cells

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What are the 2 types of white blood cells

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Lymphocytes , produces antibodies that’s bind to pathogens and destroy them
Phagocytes, engulf and destroy

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