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| amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram by water by 1 degree Celsius |
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| an enzyme that begins chemical digestion by breaking the chemical bonds in starches |
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| tube that food passes down in |
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| contractions of smooth muscle that move food down to the stomach |
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| a large muscular sac where chemical digestion continues |
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| a mixture that flows to the small intestine |
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| gland located just behind the stomach that produces enzymes to break down macromolecules |
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| large organ located above the stomach that produces bile |
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| help in the absorption of nutrients by increasing the surface area for absorption in the small intestine |
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| removes water from the undigested material that is left |
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| a tube that leaves each kidney carrying urine to the bladder |
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| saclike organ where urine is stored before being excreted |
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| functional unit of the kidney |
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| passing a liquid or a gas through a filter to remove waste |
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| small network of capillaries enclosed in the Bowman's capsule |
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| the process by which liquid is taken back into a vessel |
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| section of nephron where water is mostly reabsorbed |
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| a tube where urine is released |
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