THe human body and THe Digestive System
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 digestion | breaking down food into simpler substances that your body can use |
| saliva | a watery fluid that softens and moistens food |
| esophagus | the long muscular tube that brings food into the stomach - moves food from mouth into the stomach |
| stomach | a muscular organ that turns food into a thick soupy liquid |
| small intestine | the organ that completes digestion and lets digested food to enter the blood |
| large intestine | the thick tube-like organ that removes undigested waste |
| organ system | organs working together to carry out all your life activities |
| skeletal system | the organ system made up of 206 bones, which support and protect the body and give it shape |
| muscular system | the organ system made of muscles, which move the skeleton and make up some organs |
| respiratory system | the organ system which brings oxygen to lungs and then to the body cells and gets rid of carbon dioxide |
| circulatory system | the organ system that uses the heart, blood, and blood vessels to move materials to and from the cells |
| excretory system | the organ system that uses skin, lungs, and kidneys to remove wastes from the body |
| nervous system | the organ system that sends messages throughout the body by way of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves |
| digestive system | the organ system that uses the mouth, stomach and small intestines to turn food into nutrients that the cells of the body can use |
| immune system | the organ system that protects and fights against disease and helps heal injuries |
| skin system | the organ system that protects the body from injury and germs and removes some wastes |
| endocrine system | the organ system that produces chemicals that travel in the blood to control growth and other activities |
| reproductive system | the organ system that produces offspring (that is, more of one's own kind) |
| transport systems | digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and excretory systems are knows as ...... |
| nutrient | is a simple form of food that your cells can use |
| mouth | is where digestion starts |
| liver and pancreas | 2 organs that add digestive juices to break down food |
| gall bladder | stores digestive juices from the liver until needed |
| bolus | A term used to describe food after it has been chewed and mixed with saliva |
| salivary glands | glands that produce saliva |
| nose | something on your face that helps you taste food |
| teeth | they are of different shapes, and they bite, tear, grind, crush food |
| tongue | helps you taste food, and helps mold the food into a bolus |
| pharynx | connects the mouth to the esophagus |
| bile | a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder |
| cecum | it connects the small intestine with the large intestine |
| colon | in the large intestine, it absorbs some water and minerals from the waste |
| rectum | in the large investine, it stores and eliminates waste |
| feces | solid waste |
| elimination | the process by which feces is pushed out from the rectum, through the anus |
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