Digestive Syetem- gr.7 test
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- saliva
- made of salvary glands that are located in the mouth. Begins chemical digestion
- colon
- aka large intestant
- chemical digestion
- begins in the mouth..also, large molicules are broken down into nutrients
- rectum
- stores feeses until it ca be expelled
- Teeth
- "Chop up" food
- Tounge
- Pushes food down throught (and helps you speak)
- Salvary Glands
- Make saliva to moisten food so it is easier to swallow
- amino acids
- chains of small molicules
- stomach
- the saclike digestive organ between the esphigus and the small intestnat that breaks down food into a liquid by the action of mussles, enzymes, and acids
- Gall bladder
- sac shaped organ that stores bile produced by the liver
- Esphigus
- tube where the food goes down into the stomach
- villi
- finger-like projections.Once nutrients are absorbed, they enter the blood streem.
- pancreas
- the organ that lies behind the stomach and makes enzymes and horemones that regulate sugar levels
- Phyrnex
- Back of throught
- cellulose
- aka fiber
- enzymes
- break down foods into smaller particals so it can be used by the body
- mechanical digestion
- the mashing of food
- nuitrients
- sunbstinses that the body needs for normal growth, maitnence and repair
- large intestant
- wider and shorter portion of the intestant that removes water from mostly digested food that turns the waste into semisolid fesies or stool
- incicors and canine
- perfect for shredding food
- chyme
- soupy mixture of semi digested food
- fiber
- keeps stool soft and keeps materials moving through the large intestant
- premolars
- perfect for mashing foods
- enamel
- hardest material in the body. protects nervs and softer meterials inside the tooth
- Liver
- makes bile, stores minerals, and breaks down toxants
- digestive system
- organs that break down food so it can be used by the body
- peristalsis
- is in the esposhigus. forses food into the stomach
- stomach is coated with a
- mucus
- Epaglotis
- Flap that opens up the esophigus so food can pass through when swollowing, flap closes on the tracia so you do not choke