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Digestion Process
Digestive Tract/ System
Question | Answer |
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Digestion | The process of breaking down food into a form that the body can use. |
Enzyme | A chemical that helps speed up the breaking down of food. |
Salivary Glands | Glands that produce saliva, which contain enzymes. |
Pharynx | Back of your throat. |
Esophagus | A tube that the bolus travels through to get to your stomach. |
Bolus | A chewed up ball of food. |
Peristalsis | The movement that pushes the food through your body. |
Stomach | An organ that produces hydrochloric acid and helps break down food. |
Chyme | The milkshake like substance in your stomach. |
Liver | The organ that produces bile/cleans blood. |
Pancreas | Produces pancreatic juices and enzymes. |
Gall Bladder | Stores bile. |
Small Intestine | Where the villi take the nutrients out of the food. |
Appendix | Does nothing in your body. |
Large Intestine | Remove the moisture from the waste. |
Colon | Large Intestine |
Rectum | Last part of the Large Intestine. |
Anus | Where the waste is eliminated. |
Alimentary Canal | Digestive Tract. |
Types of Digestion | Physical, Mechanical, Chemical |