Digestive System
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| Esophagus | tube from mouth to stomach
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| Saliva | a solvent to cleanse teeth and dissolve food particles so that they may be tasted; contains starch-digesting enzymes and mucus, which lubricates the pharynx to facilitate swallowing
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| Epiglottis | flap at the back of the tongue that keeps food from going down the windpipe to the lungs
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| Small Intestine | where virtually all nutrients are absorbed into the blood
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| Stomach | produces digestive fluid which splits and cracks the chemicals in food to be distributed as fuel for the body
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| Large Intenstine | returns water to the body
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| Liver | cleanses the blood, processes nutritional molecules, makes bile
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| Gall Bladder | stores bile
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| Pancreas | secretes hormones which regulate blood glucose levels
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| Bile | breaks down fat
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| Peristalsis | rhythmic muscle contractions that occur throughout the length of the gastrointestinal tract
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| Cecum | the pouch where the large intestine begins
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| Mouth | functions as a receptacle for food and begins mechanical digestion
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| Rectum | short, muscular tube that forms the lowest portion of the large intestine and connects it to the anus
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| Villi | tiny projections which line the small intestine
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| Mechanical digestion | breaking apart food without breaking it down chemically
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| Duodenum | receiving area for chemicals and partially digested food from the stomach
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| Jejunum | where most of the nutrients are absorbed into the blood
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| Ileum | where the remaining nutrients are absorbed before moving into the large intestine
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| Appendix | has no function in modern humans but is believed to have been part of the digestive system in our primitive ancestors
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