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1
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Path Of Food Through The Body

A 
Mouth
Esophagus
Stomach
Small Intestine
Large Intestine
Rectum
Anus
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Mechanical Digestion

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The Physical Break Down Of Food Into Smaller Particles

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Chemical Digestion

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Chemical Breakdown Of Molecules Using Enzymes

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Enzymes

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Little Proteins That Make Reactions Happen

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Bolus

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Ball Of Food

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Peristalsis

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When The Esophagus Pushes Down The Bolus

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Cardiac Sphincter

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Prevents Back Flow Of Stomach Acid

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Pepsin

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Main Digestive Enzyme In The Stomach Breaks Down Proteins Into PolyPepTides Dipeptides

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Hydrochloric Acid

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Acid In The Stomach

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Lactase

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Turns Lactose Into A Monosaccharide

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Trypsin

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Turns Dipeptide Into Amino Acids

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Bile

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Turns Fat Into Fatty Acid

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Villi

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Absorbs Food Into Blood Stream

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Sphincter

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Ring In A Tube That Opens And Closes

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Pyloric Sphincter

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Thing In Stomach

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Epiglottis

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Prevents Food From Going Down Trachea

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Mouth

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Starts Mechanical Digestion Breaks Down Food Into Smaller Pieces Mouth

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Esophagus

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Posterior From Trachea Moves Food In One To Two Seconds Via Peristalsis Tube Leading From Mouth To Stomach

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Stomach

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Chemical And Mechanical Digestion Below Esophagus Above Pancreus

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Small Intestine

A

DouDenum First Section
JeJuNum Second Section
Ileum Third Section
Between Large Intestine Below Pancreus Above Rectum

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Large Intestine

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AKA Colon
Transverse Colon
Descending Colon
SigMoid
Ascending Colon
Around Small Intestine Below Gull Bladder Above Appendix
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PanCreus

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Gland Behind The Stomach That Creates Enzymes Cloud Like Thing Below Stomach Above Small Intestine

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Liver

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Second Largest Organ Involved With Metabolism Big Organ Below Esophagus Above Gall Bladder

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Gall Bladder

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Stores Bile Before Release Into The Intestine Pouch Below Liver Above Large Intestine
Helps Digest Highly Fatty Foods

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Appendix

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Sac Attached To And Opening Into The Lower End Of The Large Intestine Thing At The End Of The Large Intestine Below Large Intestine Above Anus

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Anus

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Last Place Food Goes Through End Of Digestive System Below Rectum Above Nothing

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Rectum

A

Second To Last Place Food Goes Through By Anus Below Small Intestine Above Anus

28
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Ulcer

A

Burn In Stomach When Wall Of Mucus Has A Whole Caused By HelioBacter Pylori Bacteria Or From The Mucus Not Producing

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Hernea

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When Muscle Breaks Causing Soft Tissue Intestines To Poke Through

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IBS

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Bowel Doesn’t Move How It’s Supposed To Irregularly Moving Large Intestine

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Celiac Disease

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AutoImmune Disease Body Attacks Villi In The Small Intestine

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Gall Stones

A

Build Up Of Calcium Stones Gull Bladder

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Calories Per Gram

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Four Calories Per Gram

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Six Nutrients

A 
Water
CarboHydrates
Fats
Proteins
Vitamins
Minerals
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Water

A 
Needed By Every Cell In The Human Body
Seventy Five Percent Of Baby
Fifty To Sixty Five Percent Of Adult
Exhaled In Breath Excreted In Urine
Need About IL Water Per Day
36
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CarboHydrates

A 
Simple Sugars
Fruit Honey Sugar
Simple - Glucose Fructose Lactose
MonoSaCCHaride DiSaCCHaride
Taste Sweet
HexAgon PolyGon
Complex Starches
Grain Potatoes Vegetables
Celllulose
Taste Starchy Bland
Hexagons
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Fats

A

AKA Lipids

Saturated Fat
No Double Bonds
Stick And Stack
Solid At Room Temperature

UnSaturated Fat
Double Bonds
Trans Fat
Liquid At Room Temperature

Part Of A Healthy Diet
Help Absorb Vitamins
Part Of Neurons Myelins Cell Membrane
Stores Energy

PolyUnSaturated
Two Double Bonds Or Triple Bonds

MonoUnSaturated

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Proteins

A

Made Of Amino Acid

Twenty Amino Acids Eight Amino Acids Your Body Cant Make Essential Amino Acids

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DiPePTide

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A PepTide Composed Of Two Amino Acid ResiDues

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Vitamins

A 
Big Molecules
Large Carbon Based Molecules Named By Letters
Fat Soluble Stick Around In Fat
A D E K
Water Soluble The Rest
You Need These Regularly
B C
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Minerals

A 
InOrganic Nutrients That Your Body Needs
Elements From The Periodic Table
Calcium
Iron
Zinc
Potassium
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Why Do We Need To Eat

A

Energy Building Materials

43
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Food Has Forty Seven Grams Of CarboHydrates How Many Calories From CarboHydrates

A

188

44
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Food Has Twenty Four Grams Of Protein How Many Calories From Protein

A

96

45
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Three Sphincters

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Pyloric Between Stomach And Small Intestine Cardiac Between Stomach And EsoPhaGUs
Anal By Anus

46
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Difference Between MoNoSaCCHAride And DiSACCHARIde

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Mono One Ring Di Two Ring

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Molecule With lots Of Kinks Bends May Be

A

UnSaTURATEd Fat

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Long Molecule Made Of Amino Acids May Be

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Protein

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The Main Role Of The Stomach In The Process Of Digestion Is

A

To Start The BreakDown Of Proteins And Further Break Up Masses Of Food

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Primary Role Of The Large Intestine Is To Absorb

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Water

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Primary Role Of The Small Intestine Is To Absorb

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Nutrients

52
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Is Filtration Part Of The Digestive System

A

No

53
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Salivary AmyLase

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An Enzyme In Saliva That Can Break The Chemical Bonds In Starch

54
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Lactose

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Sweet DiSACCHARIDe Broken Down By Lactase

55
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Pepsin In The Stomach Breaks Down

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Proteins

56
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Cecum

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Pouch Connected To The Junction Of The Small And Large Intestines

57
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HeartBurn Can Be Caused By

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Damage To The Cardiac Sphincter

58
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Out Of All Parts Of The DiGestive System Food Spends the Longest Amount Of Time In The

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Large InTestine

59
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Fiber

A

A Material That Helps You Digest Food

60
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Long Chain Of Amino Acids

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Protein

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