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Digestive System
Terms for the digestive system
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7th Grade
03/23/2011

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Stomach
Definition
The organ that breaks down food into liquid
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Pancreas

 

Definition

An oval organ that sends fluid into the small intestine to chemically digest and neutralize chyme
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Small Intestine
Definition

The narrow tube covered with nutrient absorbing villi.
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Gall Bladder
Definition

The small saclike organ that stores bile.
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Large Intestine
Definition
The organ that changes liquid waste into semisolid waste
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Liver
Definition
The large organ that stores nutrients and breaks down toxins.
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Parts of the digestive system involved in mechanical digestion.
Definition
teeth, stomach, tongue
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Parts of the digestive system involved in chemical digestion.
Definition
saliva, stomach, small intestine, liver, pancreas, gall bladder
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Enzymes
Definition
Break down protein into amino acids
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Chyme
Definition

The soupy mixture found in the stomach after several hours of digestion
Term
In the mouth, the enzymes in saliva begin the digestion of what nutrient.
Definition
Charbohydrates
Term
Most digestion takes place here
Definition

Small Intestine
Term
What might not be digested if the liver did not make bile
Definition

Fats
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How do nutrients get into the blood stream.
Definition
through villi in the small intestine.
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