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Absorption   Absorption of nutrients by the digestive system.  
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Appendix   An organ important to herbivores as it is responsible for the breaking down of cellulose which composes the cell wall. Over time, the appendix has become redundant in animals such as humans and are no longer an essential organ in our daily functions.  
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Bile   Bile is secreted by the liver and contains cholesterol, salts and waste products such as bilirubin. Bile passes out of the liver via the bile duct where it is stored in the gallbladder and released in response to a fat-containing meal.  
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Cardiac Sphincter   The somewhat thickened muscular ring surrounding the opening between the esophagus and the stomach.  
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Chemical digestion   The process in which chemicals in the body separate large food molecules into smaller ones so they can pass through the wall.  
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Digestive enzyme   Digestive enzymes are enzymes that break down polymeric macromolecules into their smaller building blocks, in order to facilitate their absorption by the body.  
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Duodenum   The first part of the small intestine immediately beyond the stomach, leading to the jejunum.  
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Emulsification   The break down of larger fat molecules  
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Epiglottis   A flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue, which is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe.  
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Esophagus   The part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane.  
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Gall bladder   The small sac-shaped organ beneath the liver, in which bile is stored after secretion by the liver and before release into the intestine.  
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Gastric Juice   A thin, clear, virtually colourless acidic fluid secreted by the stomach glands and active in promoting digestion.  
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Insulin   A hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans that regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. The lack of insulin causes a form of diabetes.  
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Intestinal Juice   A fluid that is secreted in small quantity in the small intestine, is highly variable in constitution, and contains especially various enzymes (as erepsin, lipase, lactase, enterokinase, and amylase) and mucus—called also succus entericus.  
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Lacteals   The lymphatic vessels of the small intestine that absorb digested fats.  
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Large Intestine   The cecum, colon, and rectum collectively.  
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Lipase   A pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of fats to fatty acids and glycerol or other alcohols.  
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Maltase   An enzyme, present in saliva and pancreatic juice, that catalyzes the breakdown of maltose and similar sugars to form glucose.  
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Microvillus   Each of a large number of minute projections from the surface of some cells.  
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Nuclease   An enzyme that cleaves the chains of nucleotides in nucleic acids into smaller units.  
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Pancres   A large gland behind the stomach that secretes digestive enzymes into the duodenum. Embedded in the pancreas are the islets of Langerhans, which secrete into the blood the hormones insulin and glucagon.  
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Pancreatic Amalayze   The pancreas and salivary gland make amylase (alpha amylase) to hydrolyse dietary starch into disaccharides and trisaccharides which are converted by other enzymes to glucose to supply the body with energy.  
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Pancreatic Juice   The clear alkaline digestive fluid secreted by the pancreas.  
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Pepsin   The chief digestive enzyme in the stomach, which breaks down proteins into polypeptides.  
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Pepsinogen   A substance that is secreted by the stomach wall and converted into the enzyme pepsin by gastric acid.  
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Peptidase   An enzyme that breaks down peptides into amino acids.  
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Peristalsis   The involuntary constriction and relaxation of the muscles of the intestine or another canal, creating wavelike movements that push the contents of the canal forward.  
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Pharnyx   The involuntary constriction and relaxation of the muscles of the intestine or another canal, creating wavelike movements that push the contents of the canal forward.  
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Physical Digestion   Physical breakdown of large pieces of food into smaller pieces which can subsequently be accessed by digestive enzymes.  
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Protease   An enzyme that breaks down proteins and peptides.  
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Plyoric Sphicter   A ring of smooth muscle fibers around the opening of the stomach into the duodenum.  
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Salivary Amalayze   An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of starch into sugars. Amylase is present in the saliva of humans and some other mammals, where it begins the chemical process of digestion.  
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Salivary Gland   A gland in terrestrial animals that secretes saliva. In humans, three pairs of large glands, which include the parotid glands, secrete saliva into the mouth.  
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Small Intestine   The part of the intestine that runs between the stomach and the large intestine; the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum collectively.  
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Sodium Bicarbonate   A soluble white powder that acts as a buffer in the small intestine.  
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Stomach   The internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the esophagus to the small intestine.  
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Trypsin   A digestive enzyme that breaks down proteins in the small intestine. It is secreted by the pancreas in an inactive form, trypsinogen.  
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Villus   Any of numerous minute elongated projections set closely together on a surface, typically increasing its surface area for the absorption of substances, in particular.  
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