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lesson 3

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what are the fonctions of the digestive system   diigestion, absorbtion, and elimination  
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digestion   processes by which your body breaks down food intto small nutirient molecles  
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absorption   processses by whick nurtient molecules pass through the wall of your digestive system into your blood  
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large intestine   eliminates materials that are not absorbed  
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what is the role of thhe mouth, esophagus, and stomach   mouth, esophagus, and stomach are organs in which mechanical digestion is completed and chemical digestion begins  
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mouth   whe bitting info food chemical and mechanical digestion begin  
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slivia   fluid realased byy slaviary glands when eating,  
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what does slivia contain   a chemical that can break down starches into suggars aka enzymes  
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enzyme   protien that speeds up chemical rreactions in the body  
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how are enzymes different   each has a speffic sahpe that enables it to speed up only one reaction  
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esophagus   musclar tunal that connects the mouth to the stomach,  
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epiglotis   flat of tissue, seals off your windpipe and prevents food from going into the lungs  
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mucus   makes food easier to digest, lines the stomach  
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peristalsis   wabes of invoulentary muscle contracttions that push food towards the somach  
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stomach   mostly mechnical some chemical, pouch in the abdomen  
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