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Digestion

Digestive System

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Esophagus tube from mouth to stomach
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
Epiglottis flap at the back of the tongue that keeps food from going down the windpipe to the lungs
Small Intestine where virtually all nutrients are absorbed into the blood
Stomach produces digestive fluid which splits and cracks the chemicals in food to be distributed as fuel for the body
Large Intenstine returns water to the body
Liver cleanses the blood, processes nutritional molecules, makes bile
Gall Bladder stores bile
Pancreas secretes hormones which regulate blood glucose levels
Bile breaks down fat
Peristalsis rhythmic muscle contractions that occur throughout the length of the gastrointestinal tract
Cecum the pouch where the large intestine begins
Mouth functions as a receptacle for food and begins mechanical digestion
Rectum short, muscular tube that forms the lowest portion of the large intestine and connects it to the anus
Villi tiny projections which line the small intestine
Mechanical digestion breaking apart food without breaking it down chemically
Duodenum receiving area for chemicals and partially digested food from the stomach
Jejunum where most of the nutrients are absorbed into the blood
Ileum where the remaining nutrients are absorbed before moving into the large intestine
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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