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Digestive system

TermDefinition
Physical Separating of food mouth/teeth
Connects the mouth to the stomach esophagus
not part of the digestive system trachea/windpipe
when food is dissolved or digested with enzymes chemical digestion
-One long tube in the body alimentary canal/gastrointestinal
-Stores food for 4-6 hours and digests it with HCL stomach
-Where bile is stored gallbladder
-The organ that makes bile. liver
-Secretes enzymes into the intestines pancreas
-When water and nutrients are taken from the intestines absorption
-The shorter in length but wider around intestine large intestine
-The first part of the alimentary canal mouth/oral activity
-About 6 feet long large intestine
ingestion: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth
propulsion: the process of moving food through the digestive tract
mechanical digestion Physical breakdown of food into smaller pieces.
Chemical digestion Enzymatic breakdown of complex food molecules into simpler nutrients.
defication elimination of indigestible waste materials (feces) from the body via the anus
the functions of the mouth are: Ingestion, mechanical digestion (chewing), chemical digestion (saliva), and speech.
teeth chewing and used for mechanical digestion
trachea the windpipe, airway to lungs
esophagus muscular tube that transports food from the pharynx to the stomach
stomach stores food for 46 hours
small intestine primary site of chemical digestion and nutrient absorption. 6 meters
large intestine organ responsible for absorbing water and electrolytes, and forming feces. Wider
liver produces bile
gallbladder stores and concentrates bile produces by the liver
pancreas produces digestive enzymes and hormones
appendix small pouch attached to the large intestine
pepsin breaks down proteins
lipase begins fat digestion
alimentary canal the entire passage through which food passes from the mouth to the anus
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