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43 Cards in this Set
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autotroph
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makes own food
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heterotroph
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gets food from its surrondings
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nutrients
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goodies
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vitamins
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required nutrients
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calorie
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unit of energy
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fiber
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mostly a undigestable substance that slows down digestion
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alimentary canal (also known as)
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digestive track
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mouth
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chemical breakdown of starch and mechanical break down of foods
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pharynx
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part between mouth and esophogus
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esophagus
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long tube that connects mouth to stomach
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stomach
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breakdown of protein
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small intestine
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break down and absorbtion of all things
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large intestine
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removal of water to make solid waste
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rectum
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store solid waste
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anus
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release of solid waste
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digestion
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breakdown of foods to absorb all nutrients
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salivary glands
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pour saliva into mouth
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saliva
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chemical break down of starches and moisten foods
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salivary amylase
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breakdown of starch
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liver
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produces bile
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pancreas
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pours enzymes
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epiglottis
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flap that insures food goes down the esophagus
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peristalsis
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process of moving food through the digestive tract
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sphincter
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muscles that contract usually in peristalisis
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gastric juice
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ph3 and it is pepsin which is made me gastric glands
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pepsin
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enzyme that breaksdown protein
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chyme
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the food after it goes through stomach digestion
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villi
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increase surface area for chemical digestion
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lacteals
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core of the villi
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pancreatic juice
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enzymes that break down all food and nutrients
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bile
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emulsifies lipid(fats) so they can be digested easier
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intestinal juice
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completely digest all food and nutrients
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gall bladder
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stores bile
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appendix
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vestigial organ no main function
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appencitis
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inflamation and swelling of appendix
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feces
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solid waste
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oral groove
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used for ingestion
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gullet
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makes food vacuoles
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food vacuole
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stores food
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anal pore
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release of waste
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contractile vacuole
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pump h20 out
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pellicle
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thickened cell membrane
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cilia
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used for movement
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