 | Term | Definition |
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digestive system |
a collection of organs that break down food so that it can be used in the body |
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esophagus |
a long straight tube that connects the throat to the esophagus |
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stomach |
a muscular baglike organ of the digestive tract that is attached to the lower end of the esophagus |
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small intestine |
a muscular tube that is about 2.5 cm in diameter and up to 6 m long the site of most chemical digestion |
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pancreas |
a fish shaped organ between the stomach and the small intestion that produces enzymes for chemical digestion |
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liver |
a lager reddish brown organ that produces bile and stores nutirents has more than 200 functions in the body |
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gallbladder |
small baglike organ that stores bile |
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large intestine |
a large organ that reasorbes water from the digestive tract and stores compacts and eliminates indigestible material from the body |
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