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Digestive System
5th grade Digestive System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Saliva | First step to the digestive system |
| Tongue | Mixes saliva with food |
| Esophagus | Launches food into stomach |
| Stomach | Food churns in stomach and becomes slurry. Sent to small intestine. |
| Liver | Creates bile and dissolves fat in the small intestine. |
| Small Intestine | Absorbs nutrients from slurry |
| Large Intestine | Slurry is mostly made of water and heading to rectum. AKA colon |
| Excretion | Removes useless and harmful chemicals from the body. |