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digestive system 101
simple organs and other parts of the digestive system, with functions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| teeth | chop and grind |
| tongue | mixes food with saliva |
| esophagus | food tube, pushes food down from the mouth to the stomach |
| stomach | blends, churns, mixes food, digestive juices enter here to break food down |
| duodenum | first part of the small intestine where food is broken down further by digestive juices and enzymes |
| small intestine | nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream here |
| large intestine | bacteria remove nutrients from waste, water is removed from waste |
| rectum | stores solid waste |
| salivary glands | make saliva |
| gall bladder | stores bile and sends it to the small intestine |
| liver | makes bile, stores nutrients that the body does not need right away |
| pancreas | makes chemicals needed to break down food, makes insulin |
| enzyme | chemical that breaks down food |
| gland | factory |
| insulin | helps cells use sugar |
| digestive juices | acids and enzymes in the stomach that break down food |
| bile | yellow-green fluid that breaks down fat |
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