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| What is the process of breaking down food so that it can be used by living things? |
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| What happens to food during digestion? |
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larger pieces of food are broken down into smaller pieces complex molecules in food are changed into simpler molecules
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| What is the digestive tract? |
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a coiled tube inside your body that food moves through It is about 10 meters long and starts at your mouth and ends at your rectum. |
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| What 3 organs are NOT part of your digestive system but do help with digestion? |
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liver: makes bile pancreas: releases digestive juices gall bladder: stores bile
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| What happens in the mouth? |
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food enters the digestive tract here food is chewed and mixed with saliva
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| What is the liquid in the mouth that helps in digestion? |
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| Where does food go after the mouth? |
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passageway for food AND air leads to 2 tubes: esophagus and trachea
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| What is the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach? |
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| What is the tube that connects the mouth to the lungs? |
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| What is the flap of tissue that STOPS food from going down the trachea? |
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| Where does the food go after the esophagus? |
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| Where does the food go after the stomach? |
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Where does the food go after the small intestine? |
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| Where does the food go after the large intestine? |
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| List the order that food travels in the digestive tract. |
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mouth pharynx esophagus stomach small intestine large intestine rectum
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| What is the job of mucus in the digestive tract? |
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| It is secreted in the walls of the esophagus to help the food move more easily. |
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| What is the wavelike movement that moves food through the digestive tract? |
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