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Digestve System
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Called gastrointestional system, consist of digestive tube called the GI tract, and several accesory organs whose primary function is to break down and eliminate waste.
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Mouth
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Process of digestion begins in the mouth. Known as oral cavity. Food is broken down chemically and mechanically
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Teeth
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Mechanically breaks down food. (Mastication)
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Tongue
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assist chewing process by manipulating bolus of food during chewing and moving it to the back of the mouth for swallowing (Deglutition)
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Tatsing
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Taste sour, bitter, sweet and salty. Also taste is related to smell, making taste very complex
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Pharynx
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Throat. Divide into 2 tubes. Trachea and esophagus
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Esophagus
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Leads to stomach
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Trachea
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leads to lungs
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Small intestine
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a coiled 20 foot long tube that begins at the pyloric sphincter and extends to the large intestine
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Duodenum
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upper most part,10 inches
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Jejunum
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8 feet long
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ileum
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12 feet long
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Ascending colon
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extends from the cecum to the lower border of the liver and turns abruptly
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Tranverse colon
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curving beneath the lwoer end
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descending colon
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last part of the large intestion
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