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nutrition and digest
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| imentary canal | the wholle passage along which food passes through the beny from mouth to anus |
| anus | the openning at the end of the alimentary canal |
| appendicitis | a serious medical condittion in which the appendix becomes inflamed and painful |
| appendix | adittional matter at the end ofthe beek |
| bile | a bitter greensh- allstine fluid thay aids digestion by liver and stored in th gall blader |
| chemical digestion | the substance which our body needs can't be absorved by the blood |
| chyme | the pulpy acidic fluid that passes from the stomach to the small intestine |
| colon | the number of dropter and verse respectively in biblical references |
| constipation | a high level of constrait or restriction |
| diarrhea | a condition in which feces are discharged from the bowels frequenly and in a liquid form |
| esophagus | the part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach |
| feces | waste matter discharged fom the bowels after food has been digested |
| gall bladder | the small sac -shapedorgan beneath the liver in which bile is stored after secretion by the liver |
| gastric juice | a thiniclear, virtualy colorless acidic fluid secreted by the stomach glands and active in promoting digestion |
| hydrochloric acid | a strong acidic solution of the gas hydrogen cholide in water |
| large intestine | the cecum, colon and rectum collectively |
| lipases | a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown fats and glucerol or others alchols |
| liver | a large labed glandular organ in the addomen of vertebrates involved in many metabolics prcesses |
| mechanical digestion | the physical acts of breaking down the food by non-chemical means |
| mucus | a gummy substance found in plants |
| oral cavity | the part of the mouth behind the gums and teeth that is bounded above by the hard |
| pancreas | a large gland behind the stomach that secretes digestive enzymes into the douderum |
| pepsin | the chief digestive enzyme in the stomach breaks down proteins into polypetides |
| peristalsis | the involuntary constrictuion and rexation of the muscles of the intestine or another earal |
| ptyalin | a form of amylase found in the saliva of humans and some other animals |
| rectum | the final section of the large intestine terminotiong at anus |
| rennin | an enzume secreted into the stomach of unwanted mananals, and in some lower animals and plants |
| saliva | watery liquid secreted into the mouth by gland providing lubrication for chewing and swallowing |
| saliva glands | any of various glands thatdischarged a fluid secretion |
| small intestine | the part of the intestine that runs between the stomach and and the large intestine |
| stomach | each of four digestive organs in a ruminant rumen, reticulum amasum, and a abmasuml |
| ulcer | a moral blemish or or corrupting influence |
| villi | a fingerlike projection or the lining of the small particular |
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