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Unit 5-Digestion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mouth | This is where digestion begins. Teeth chomp food into smaller pieces |
| Salivary Glands | Located on your face, they produce saliva |
| Saliva | Moistens food and begins breaking down the food with enzymes |
| Esophagus | Connects the throat to the stomach, moves the food through peristalsis |
| Peristalsis | Movement in the esophagus that helps food move from the mouth to the stomach |
| Stomach | contains acid that kills harmful bacteria and pepsin that begins to digest proteins |
| Pepsin | Enzyme located in stomach acid that digests protein, it is special because it works in stomach acid |
| Small intestine | Absorbs nutrients from the dissolved food through villi |
| Villi | small finger-like projections lining the small intestines that absorb nutrients from food. |
| Large intestine | Soak up water and vitamin K from the leftover food |
| Rectum | Stores feces until it is ready to exit the body through the anus |
| Liver | Organ that makes bile, which helps digest fat |
| Gallbladder | Small organ that stores bile until it goes to the small intestine |
| Pancreas | Makes enzymes that help digest food |
| Enzyme | special chemical that helps your body break down food so it can absorb the nutrients |
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