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Digestive System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chemical Digestion | is carried out by the digestive enzymes |
| Mechanical Digestion | where food is crushed,broken, or cut into smaller pieces(Mouth) |
| Saliva | breaks down starch |
| Stomach acid | (HCL) breaks down proteins |
| Bile | breaks down fat |
| Gastric juice + food = | chyme(VOMIT) |
| Mouth | begins to break down food into smaller pieces through mechanical digestion; saliva in the mouth starts the process of chemical digestion |
| Esophagus | the transport tube that carries chewed food to the stomach |
| Stomach | continues the process of mechanical digestion of food |
| Small intestines | the organ where most of the chemical digestion of food takes place; nutrients from food are also absorbed through the small intestines |
| Large intestines | the organ where water is absorbed from the food and taken into the bloodstream; prepares the remaining food material for elimination from the body |
| Rectum and anus | the rectum is a short tube that stores solid waste until it is eliminated from the body through anus |
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