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The process of changing food into a form the body can use.
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Digestion
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Digestion is completed in
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The small intestine
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Produces digestive juices called bile
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The liver
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Where liquid food goes after the water is removed
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Bloodstream
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Glands that secrete juice that helps to soften food
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Salivary
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The food tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
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Esophagus
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The pushing a squeezing movement of muscles in the digestive system
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Peristalsis
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Use the nutrients of the food to produce energy for the body
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Cells
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Stores solid substances after the water is removed.
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Large intestine
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Tube of about 30 feet which includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine
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Alimentary canal
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is a thick liquid in the stomach which is made up of partly digested food.
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Chyme
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receives food from the esophagus, churns it and adds gastric juices to it.
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The Stomach
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break food into small pieces for easier digestion.
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Teeth
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the thin layer of cartilage that covers the wind pipe during swallowing.
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Epiglottis
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the place where bile is stored until it is needed for digestion.
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Gall bladder
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an organ that no longer has a function in the body.
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Appendix
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produces pancreatic juices to further break down food during digestion.
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Pancreas
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tiny hair like parts growing out of the small intestine.
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Villi
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the first 10 to 12 inches of the small intestine is the.....
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Duodenum
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one pair of organs in the body that take liquid wastes and excess out of the blood.
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Kidney
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