Mead Middle Digestive and Excretory System
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Teeth | Begin mechanical breakdown by chewing up food into small pieces
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Salivary Glands | Begin chemical breakdown by making saliva which breaks down food
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Esophagus | Muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach. Continues mechanical breakdown
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Stomach | Continues mechanical breakdown with stomach muscles that churn food. Continues chemical breakdown with stomach acid that breaks down food.
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Small Intestine | Absorbs nutrients into the bloodstream. Chemical breakdown continues with enzymes and digestive juices from other helper organs.
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Large Intestine | Absorbs water and moves waste to rectum
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Rectum | Stores solid waste until it exits the body
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Liver | Produces bile and cleans blood by breaking down toxins
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Gallbladder | Stores bile
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Bile | Breaks down fats - made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder before entering the small intestine
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Pancreas | Produces digestive enzymes and chemicals to neutralize stomach acid
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kidneys | filter waste out of blood
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ureter | connect kidney to bladder, carry urine
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urethra | connects bladder to outside, carry urine
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bladder | stores urine until it is ready to be released
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