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6 Cards in this Set
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Ingestion |
Intake of food |
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Digestion |
The breakdown of food |
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Absorption |
The intake of nutrients into the cells |
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Excretion |
The removal of waste from the body |
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Worm |
-has mouth, pharynx, and esophagus -no stomach -has a crop which is like an extension of the esophagus -and the gizzard replaces the stomach -no hydrochloric acid is produced -then food is passed to intestines |
If they are upside down they will die of starvation |
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Bird |
-no pharynx or esophagus -food falls right from beak to crop by gravity -has a granular stomach -gizzard breaks down food -then intestines -they eat pebbles that sit in the gizzard to help with digestion |
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