Digestive & Excretory Systems
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| mouth | Begins to break down food into smaller pieces through mechanical digestion
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| saliva | starts the process of chemical digestion in the mouth
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| esophagus | The transport tube that carries chewed food to the stomach
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| Stomach | Continues the process of mechanical digestion and secretes gastric juices that continue the process of chemical digestion started in the mouth
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| Small intestines | The organ where most of the chemical digestion of food takes place, nutrients from food are also absorbed here
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| Large intestines | The organ where water is absorbed from the food and taken into the bloodstream & prepares the remaining undigested food for elimination from the body
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| Rectum | a short tube that stores solid waste until it is eliminated from the body through the anus.
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| Liver | A secondary organ of the digestive system that produces bile
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| bile | used by the body to break up fat particles
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| Gallbladder | A secondary organ to the digestive system that functions to store bile produced by the liver
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| Pancreas | A secondary organ to the digestive system that functions to produce digestive juices that help to further break down the food in the small intestine
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| Kidneys | get rid of urea, excess water, and some other waste materials released by the cells
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| urine | is composed of urea, excess water, and other waste materials filtered by the kidneys
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| Ureters | Tubes which connect each kidney to the bladder
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| Bladder | A saclike muscular organ which stores urine until it is released from the body
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| Urethra | Tube through which urine passes before it is removed from the body
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| Function of the Digestive System | to breakdown foods into nutrients that can be used by the body, absorb nutrients that are necessary for energy, growth, and maintenance, and rid the body of solid wastes
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| Functions of the Excretory System | to filter out cellular wastes, toxins, and excess water that result from cellular respiration.
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| toxins | chemicals that could be poisonous to the body
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| smooth muscle | controls movement of materials through the digestive system
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| The digestive system works with the _______ system to make sure that nutrients made available by digestion get to the cells of the body | circulatory system
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| The circulatory system works with the excretory system to help remove ______ from the body | wastes
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| Path of food through digestive system | mouth,esophagus,stomach,small intestine,large intestine
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| Path of urine through excretory system | kidneys,ureter,bladder,urethra
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| anus | part of the digestive system where elimination of indigestible solid materials takes place
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| kidneys act to ______ wastes from the bloodstream | filter
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