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digestive System
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Biology
9th Grade
10/16/2008
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mouth
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where digestion starts, teeth cut and grind food
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tongue
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helps swallow and propells food down esophagus
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salivary glands
 Definition
produce saliva
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uvula
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helps you swallow
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pharnyx
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food and air pass through
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esophagus
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where food goes after swallowed
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stomach
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acids break down food and turn it into a liquid
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cardiac sphincter
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generates acids
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pyloric sphincter
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pylorifies senses
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rugae
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rovide stomach with increased surface area for food
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small intestine
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soak up food and send nutrients to blood stream
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small intestine
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store and protect good bacteria
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ascending colon
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part of large intestine that runs upwards
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transverse colon
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longest part of colon
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descending colon
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lowest part of colon
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rectum
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stores solid waste
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anus
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expells solid matter
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liver
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main filter of the body &produces bile
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pancreas
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secretes gastric juices
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gallbladder
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secretes inzymes that break down and digest food in the gut
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