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Alimentary Canal |
A complete digestive tract, consisting of a tube running between a mouth and an anus |
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Amylase |
An enzyme that hydrolyzes starch and glycogen into smaller polysaccharides and the disaccharide maltose |
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Bile |
Mixture of substances produces in the liver and stored in the gallbladder enables formation of fat droplets in Water as an aid in digestion and absorption of fats |
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Cecum |
The blind pouch forming 1 branch of the large intestine |
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Chyme |
Mixture of partially digested food and digestive juices formed in the stomach |
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Digestion |
2nd stage/ breaking down food into molecules small enough for the body to absorb |
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Gallbladder |
Organ that stores bile and releases it as needed into the small intestine |
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Lacteal |
Tiny lymph vessel extending into the core of an intestinal villus and serving as the destination for absorbed chylomicrons |
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Pepsin |
Enzyme present in gastric juice that begins the hydrolysis of proteins |
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Villi |
Finger like projection of the inner surface of the small intestine |
