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U2-Digestive

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oral cavitiy mouth
salivary glands they make saliva to help break down food
pharynx just a space for you to choke
esophagus food tube
liver saves lots of nutrients
gall bladder attached to liver
stomach food is broken down in here by chemicals like HCl
pancreas makes insulin for the body
small intestine absorbs nutrients
large intestine absorbs water
rectum almost poop
anus full poop
caecum, see-come last useless part of large intestine
appendix likes to get infected and explode releasing bad chemicals to kill you!
enzyme: amylase salivary glands, starts breaking down starch
enzyme: gastric juice HCl in stomach
enzyme: pepsin in stomach, starts breaking down proteins
enzyme: trypsin protein killers in small intestine
life cycle of food: food, chunks, bolus, chyme, feces, toilet because of peristalsis(movement by contracting and expanding)
liver's 4 roles: making bile salts from cholesterol, recycler of dead blood cells etc, storage from blood stream for later, detoxification if you drink bad things
worms digestive system: tube system, eats all and even soil, has crop to save for later, poopoo
bird digestive system: mouth, esophagus, crop, stomach, gizzard, intestine, poopoo
cow digestive system: eat grass so FOUR stomachs for them. reticulum, omascum, abomascum, rumen
Created by: bioger
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