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Digestive System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| digestion | the process that changes food into a usable form |
| enzymes | chemicals that speed up the digestive process |
| esophagus | a muscular tube connecting the mouth and the stomach |
| gall bladder | the organ that stores bile until it is needed in the small intestine |
| liver | the soft organ, which is found beneath the diaphragm, that produces bile |
| pancreas | the organ that produces three enzymes to break down fat, protein, and carbohydrates |
| stomach | a bag-like muscular organ that mixes food and chemically changes protein |
| villi | the millions of tiny, finger-like projections that like the small intestines and absorb broken down food |
| bile | a greenish liquid that causes a physical change to occur in fats |