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| The process by which organisms get food and break it down so it can be used as an energy source for metabolic processes |
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| Organisms that make their own food |
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| Organisms that do not make their own food; must obtain energy from other organisms |
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| Amount of energy neede to raise needed to raise the teperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celcius |
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| Throatlike structure which food passes down in paramecium |
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| Indication in one side of the ciliate that allows food to enter the cell |
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| Digestive chamber with a single opening |
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| The inner tube of an earthworm |
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| Tube at the back of the mouth that serves as a passageway for both air and food; also called the throat |
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| Tube connecting the mouth to the stomach |
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| Large muscular sac that continues the mechanical and chemical digestion of food |
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| Digestive organ in which most chemical digestion and absorption of food takes place |
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| Organ in the digestive system that removes water from the undigested material that passes through it; also called colon |
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| Secreted by salivary glands to start chemical digestion |
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| Secretes saliva which starts the chemical digestion process |
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| Digestive enzyme in saliva which breaks down starch(carbohydrates) |
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| Organ that secretes pancreatic juice that neutralozes the pH in the stomach |
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| Alternative waves of contractions & relaxations of the muscular walls of the digestive tract |
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| Ring of muscle tissue between organs of the alimentary canal that help prevent backflow of food |
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| Secreted by glands which breakdown proteins in the stomach |
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| Secreted by the pancreas to help in chemical digestion |
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| Secreted by liver, stored by gallbladder to use when needed and emulsifies fats |
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| Storage for bile which is secreted by the liver |
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