Digestive System
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| what is responsible for the physical and chemical breakdown or food | digestive system
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| where is the food taken to and used by | the blood stream and used by body cells and tissues
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| what does the digestive system include | alimentary canal and accessory organs
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| what is the alimentary canal | long muscular tube
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| where does the alimentary canal begin | in the mouth.
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| where does the alimentary canal end | the anus.
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| accessory organs include what | salivary glands, tongue, teeth, liver, gallbladder, pancreas
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| what recieves food as it enters the body | mouth
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| special structures in the mouth | teeth.
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| what do the teeth do? | break down food physically by chewing and grinding the food, a process called mastication
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| what is the tongue | a muscular organ
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| what does the tongue contain | special receptors called taste buds.
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| what do taste buds allow | a person to taste sweet, salty, sour, and bitter
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| the tongue also aids in what | chewing and swallowing
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| what is the hard palate | bony structure that forms the roof of the mouth
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| what does the hard palate separate | it separates te mouth from the nasal cavities
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| where is the soft palate located | behind the hard palate
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| what does the soft palate separate | it separates the mouth from the nasopharynx
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| what is the uvula | a cone-shaped muscular structure
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| where is the uvula located | hanging from the middle of the soft palate
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| what does the uvula do | prevents food from entering the nasopharynx during swallowing
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| how many pairs of salivary glands to we have | three (3)
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| what are the three (3) salivary glands | parotid, sublingual, and submandibular
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| the salivary glands produce what liquid | saliva
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| what does saliva contain | an enzyme called salivary amylase formerly known as ptyalin
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