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Digestive system
Pandya.
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Anatomy
11th Grade
04/19/2011

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What is the job of the digestive system?
Definition
break down large insoluable food molecules into smaller ones so that these soluable molecules can pass across the intestine wall into the blood.
Term
what is included in the allimentary canal.
Definition
mouth pharynx esophagus somach small intestine large intestine anal canal
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accessory organs of the digestive system.
Definition
salivary glands pancreas liver and gallbladder
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job of the salivary glands and what do they secrete.
Definition
make saliva and help the bolus go down the esophagus easily. secretes amylase.
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what is peristalsis
Definition
distinctive pattern of smooth muscle contractions that propels food through the esophagus and intestines.
Term
where is starch digested
Definition
in the mouth
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where is protein digested
Definition
stomach 
Term
fats digested 
Definition
duodenum of the small intestine
Term
main jobs of the stomach
Definition
make food you eat into a liquid so your intestines can digest it.
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main job of the small intestine
Definition
break  down and absorb nutrients 
Term
3 parts of small intestine
Definition
duodenum jejumum ileum
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job of the circular folds villi and microvilli
Definition
microvilli: trap partivles
Villi: absorb nutrients
Folds. Increase surface area.
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job of the large intestine
Definition
eliminates water from waste and sends the rest of the waste to the rectum
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5 parts if the large intestine
Definition
accending transverse decending  cecum and appendix
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mechanical digestion takes place where
Definition
mouth stomach and small intestine
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chemical digestion
Definition
small intestine
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digestive job of the liver
Definition
produce bile wheich leaves the liver through common hepatic duct
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bile is stored where? what is it made of ? purpose?
Definition

in the liver

helps digest fat

cholesterol lecithin pigments and salts

Term
unique about the liver
Definition
it regenerates
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urine made in the digestive system?
Definition
no
Term
waste product of the digestive system
Definition
feces or stool
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jaundice
Definition
yellowish stining of the skin  caused by the liver and or gallbladder
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giardiasis
Definition
beaver fever or giardial infection is an infection of the digestive system caused by the giardia lamblia a single celled organism
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hepatitis
Definition
inflammation of the liver causes of it  include viral infections a b and c that most of us have heard of it is treated with drugs.
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