Digestive System
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Digestive System | body system that breaks down food and absorbs nutrients |
| Mouth | begins to break down food into smaller pieces through mechanical digestion. saliva in the mouth begins chemical digestion |
| Esophagus | food tube connecting the mouth to the stomach |
| Stomach | large muscular (stretchy) sac that continues the mechanical and chemical digestion of food |
| Small Intestine | organ that completes the chemical digestion of food and absorbs the nutrients; 20ft long |
| Gall Bladder | organ that stores bile; bile breaks down fat |
| Liver | Factory for antibodies and bile ; stores vitamins and sugars until your body needs them; filters blood |
| Pancreas | produces insulin which is required for digesting (breaking down) sugars |
| Rectum | lowest part of the large intestine; where feces is stored before it exits the body |
| Anus | the opening at the end of the digestive system from which feces exit the body |
| Appendix | a small sac located near the start of the large intestine |
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