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BODY 4º
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nutrition | This process includes the circulatory, respiratory, digestive and excretory system. |
| Digestive System | Transform the food into energy and nutrients for our body. |
| Mouth | The teeth crush the food into small pieces. |
| Tongue | It pushes the food into the oesophagus |
| Oesophagus | contracts and expands to move the food to the stomach. |
| Stomach | mixes the food with the gastric juices to dissolve the food into a liquid. |
| small intestine | absorbs the nutrients and pass them to the blood. |
| large intestine | absorbs the water. |
| Anus | the rests that our body doesn´t need leave our body through it. |
| The excretory system | This system excretes waste from our body |
| Kidneys | clean waste from our blood |
| Urine | Waste+ water |
| Ureters | 2 tubes in the excretory system |
| Bladder | Collects urine |
| Urethra | Urine leaves the body through it |
| Sweat | Our body eliminates waste through the skin. This waste is in the form of a liquid called... |