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Digestive System
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| villi | finger-like processes that help in digestion in the large intesting |
| bile | greenish substance produced in liver and stored in gall bladder that helps in digestion |
| enzymes | substances stored in pancreas that aid in digestion |
| feces | solid waste excreted from the body |
| peristalsis | muscles contracting to push food through the digestive track |
| Pancreas | stores the enzymes |
| Liver | produces the bile |
| Chyme | gastric juices and partly digested food. |
| Saliva | watery liquid secreted into the mouth by glands |
| system | a set of organs or structures in the body that have a common function |
| energy | capacity of our body system to do work. |
| large intestine | extracts water and forms feces |
| small intestine | most of digestion takes place here |