Digestive Flashcards
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Esophagus
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Tube that carries food to stomach
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Mouth
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Breaks down and moistens food, digestion begins
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Stomach
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Organ that mixes food with digestive juices to turn to chyme
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Small Intestine
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Structure that absorbs nutrients from food
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Large Intestine
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Water is reabsorbed into the body here and stores waste
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Rectum
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Waste is stored here
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Anus
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Opening of body where waste is released
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Liver
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Makes bile, stores nutrients, breaks down toxins
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Pancreas
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Makes pancreatic juice and digestive enzymes
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Gall Bladder
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Stores bile
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Salivary Glans
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Secretes substances used in digestion
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Function
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Break down and absorb food, removes food waste
