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12 Cards in this Set
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Mouth
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Breaks up food particles
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Pharynx
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Swallows
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liver
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Breaks down and builds up many molecules - stores vitamins and iron - destroys old blood cells
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gallbladder
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Stores and concentrates bile
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Small Intestine
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Completes digestion - mucus protects gut wall - absorbs nutrients
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Anus
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opening for elimination of feces
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Rectum
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stores and exples feces
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Large Intestine
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reabsorbs some water
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Pancreas
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Hormones regulate blood, glucose levels
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Stomach
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Stores and churns food
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Esophagus
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transports food
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Salivary glands
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Saliva mositens and lubricates food amylase digests polysaccharides
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