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| digestive enzyme that breaks down sugar |
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| ball of food formed in the mouth. |
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| the chemical breakdown of food into simpler compounds |
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protein that helps to cause natural processes (such as digestion)
that speeds up reactions, |
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| flap that covers trachea during swallowing |
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| tube that leads from mouth to stomach (gullet) |
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| the physical breakdown of food by tearing, mixing, or grinding |
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| watery substance secreted by 3 glands in mouth. |
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| ring of muscle that aids in one way passage of food thru digestive tract |
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| windpipe , tube that leads to lungs |
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