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Digestive system
What happens to the food we eat
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Biology
11th Grade
06/13/2011

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Where does the digestive system begin?
Definition
In the mouth with mechenical and chemical processes(teeth,tongue and saliva)
Term
What is the Epiglottis?
Definition
A flap stopping food getting to the lungs
Term
What is the Esophogus?
Definition
The tube food goes down(peristalsis)
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What is peristalsis?
Definition
Muscular movement of the esophogus pushes food down
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What size can the stomach stretch too?
Definition
4L
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What happens in the stomach to help with the digestion of food?
Definition
Churing and the release of HCl
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What protects the stomach from its own acid?
Definition
A mucus lining
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