Digestive System
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| What do you call the body's control of its internal environment? | homeostasis
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| Where are nutrients from food absorbed? | small intestines
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| Which muscular tube leads from the mouth to the stomach? | esophagus
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| Which digestive organ removes nutrients and takes the water out of food? | intestines
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| What is the fluid in the mouth that helps digest food? | saliva
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| What is another word for glucose? | sugar
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| Saturated and unsaturated are the 2 types of what? | fats
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| Which type of fat is usually a solid at room temperature and can raise cholesterol? | saturated
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| Where can fat and cholesterol from your diet build up in your body? | blood vessels
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| Where does chemical digestion begin? | mouth
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| Which type of digestion is where the food is broken down into smaller pieces? | mechanical
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| Saliva breaking down food is an example of which type of digestion? | chemical
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| After food leaves the pharynx where does it go? | esophagus
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| What do you call the first part of the small intestines? | duodenum
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| Which organ is located next to the intestines and has no function? | appendix
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| What do you call the flap of tissue that closes over the windpipe? | epiglottis
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| What does the trachea carry? | air
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| What does the esophagus carry? | food
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| What do you call the muscular contractions that push food downward? | peristalsis
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| What do you call muscles that you cannot control? | involuntary
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| Where is hydrochloric acid produced? | stomach
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| What is the esophagus and stomach lined with to make food travel through easier? | mucus
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| What is the largest, heaviest organ in the body? | liver
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| What does the liver produce? | bile
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| Where is bile stored in the body? | gall bladder
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| What chemical in the body helps break down fats and is produced by the liver? | bile
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| What is the triangular organ found behind the stomach that produces insulin? | pancreas
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| Where are villi found? | small intestine
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| Where does the most digestion take place? | small intestine
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| Which digestive organ contains helpful bacteria that helps digest food? | large intestine
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