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Digestive system
The digestive system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What happens in the mouth? | Food is mixed with the saliva |
| Humans have_____________ teeth | differentiated teeth |
| Animals have _________ teeth | undifferentiated teeth |
| Chewing increases the surface area, making for faster and more efficient for ____________ | digestion |
| Chewing enables mammals to be _____________ | ENDOTHERMIC |
| ENDOTHERMIC CREATURES eat___ times as fast as _________________ animals. | ENDOTHERMIC CREATURES eat 10 times as fast as POICHILOTHERMIC CREATURES |
| POICHILOTHERMIC CREATURES have a limit over what? | their body temperature |
| The Esophagus is a tube that takes _____ down from the ______ to the ________ | food down from the mouth to the Stomach |
| The stomach digests/mixes food with what? | acid and enzymes |
| Enzymes do what? | Break down food so the body can use it |
| what happens in the small intestine? | the small intestines absorb the food into the blood and add more enzymes to the food |
| what happens in the large intestine? | water is absorbed and poop (stool) is formed |
| poop (stool) leaves from what part of the body? | the anus |
| what does the liver make? | Bile |
| Why is bile necessary? | Bile is necessary to break down fatty foods |
| Where is bile stored? | in the gall bladder |