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Liver |
breaks down medicine's and it helps eliminate nitrogen from the body, the role of the liver in the digestive system is to produce bile. |
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Bile |
a substance that breaks up fat particles. |
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Rectum |
Waste material is compressed into a solid form |
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Saliva |
The fluid released when your mouth waters and it helps break down food |
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Enzyme |
protiens that speed up chemicle reactions in the body |
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Mucus |
a thick slipperly substance produced by the body, makes food easier to swallow and move along |
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Esophagus |
a muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach and gets food to and from the mouth and the stomach |
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Stomach |
A muscular pouch located in the abdomen, Most mechanical and some chemicle digestion occur in the stomach |
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villi |
The millions of tiny structures inside the small intestine that absorb nutrient molecules |
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absorbtion |
The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of your digestive system into your blood |
