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body system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mouth | Food is chewed into smaller pieces and mixed with saliva here |
| Liver | produces bile and removes toxins from your blood |
| Gall bladder | Bile is stored here until it is needed |
| Stomach | A muscular bag secrets gastric juice and mixes food around |
| Pancreas | Produces some of the enzymes which are important for digestion |
| Small Intestine | Digested food is absorbed here into the bloodstream |
| Large Intestine | Undigested food goes here. Water and mineral salts from undigested food are absorbed |
| Rectum | The last section of the large intestine(around small intestine) |
| Esophagus | A long and narrow muscular tube that relaxes and contracts, moving swallowed food into the stomach |