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| Digestive tract or Gastrointestinal tract |
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| begins with the mouth where food enters and ends with the anus, where solid waste material leaves the body. |
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| The 4 (four) functions of the system are? |
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| ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination. |
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| complex food material taken into the mouth is? |
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| Ingested (1st function of the digestive system) |
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| Digested (2nd function of the digestive system) |
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Definition
| broken down, mechanically and chemically as it travels the gastrointestinal tract. |
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| speed up chemical reactions and aid the breakdown 9digestion) of complex nutrients. |
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| complex proteins that are broken down and simpler |
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Definition
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| complicated sugars are reduced to simple sugars |
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| large fat or lipid molecules are broken down to simple substances |
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Definition
| fatty acids and triglycerides (3 parts fatty acid and 1 part glycerol) |
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| Absorption (3rd functions of the digestive system) |
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Definition
| digested foods passes through the lining cells or epithelium of the small intestine and into the bloodstream. |
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| elimination (4th function of the digestive system) |
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| the solid waste materials that cannot be broken down. The large intestine concentrates these solid wastes called feces, and the wastes finally pass out of the body through the anus. |
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