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Digestive System Review
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Digestion begins in the stomach
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False- the mouth
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Digestion begins in the stomach
False- the mouth
Food is pushed through the esophagus to the stomach by waves of muscle contraction called absorption
False- mucus
What substance in the mouth contains an enzyme that begins chemical digestion?
Saliva
What substance must be present int he stomach for pepsin to work the best?
Hydrochloric Acid
The muscular structure of the stomach enables it to?
Churn and mix food with the digestive juice
In what part of the body are most nutrients absorbed?
The small intestine
What organ produces bile?
Liver
Which of the following is supplied to the human body by bacteria that live in the large intestine?
Vitamin K
Nutrient molecules pass from the small intestine into the bloodstream through tiny finger like shaped structure called?
Villi
The tube that connects the mouth to the stomach is the?
Esophagus