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28 Cards in this Set
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the pancreas produces what?
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insulin
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this part of the body stores feces
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rectum
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this part of the body is considered an accessory organ
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the golbladder
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this small flap of tissue closes off the windpipe when you swallow
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eppiglottis
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these contractions move food down the esophogus and into the stomach
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peristalsis
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bacteria helpful to digestion can be found here
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large intestant
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enzymes help brak down foods. this is an example of....
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chemical digestion
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name two enzymes that aid digestion
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peppsin and ptylain
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this enzyme is found in gastric juices
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pepsin
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this enzyme is found in saliva
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ptylain
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bile breaks down...
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fats
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this mass produces saliva in preperation for digestion
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salvary gland
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most digestion takes place here
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small inestant
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a soggy round glob of food
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bolus
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the bodys largest and heaviest organ is the
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liver.
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bile is produced here
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liver
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the job of this organ is to store bile
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gollbladder
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these fingerlike projections swsay back and forth and absorb nutrients
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villi
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villi lines these walls
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small intestants
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chewing is an example of..
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mechanical digestion
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ptyalin is found in what?
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saliva
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digestion begins where?
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in the mouth
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"stew" found in stomach
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chyme
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what breaks down fats?
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bile
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feces exits out of the
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anus
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most water is absorbed in the....?
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large intestant
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put the body parts in order of how the food goes through the digestive tract. remember "MESSL"
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the mouth, esophogus, stomach, small intestant, large intestant, and out the rectum.
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list two enzymes wich help with digestion.
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pepsin and ptylain.
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