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| the process by which you body breaks down food into smaller nutrient molecules |
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| Digestive Systems 3 main functions |
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-breaks down food
-bloodstream absorbs food molecules and nutriance
-eliminates waste |
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| (chewing) when food is physically broken down |
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Uses chemicals to break down food
(example - saliva) |
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| the begining of the digestive system |
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| connects the mouth and stomach |
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| a series of muscel contractions that keep the food moving in one direction |
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| Most mechanical digestion happens here |
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| most chemical digestion and absorption of food molecules takes place here |
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| produces chemicals used in chemical digestion |
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| Stores Bile (breaks up fat) |
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| produces chemicals that the small intestine uses to break down starches, protein, and fat |
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| functions to absorb water into the body |
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| Compresses waste materials that are to be eliminated through the anus |
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| carries needed substances like Water, gluclose, oxygen, carbon dioxide and other nutriences away from cells |
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| blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart |
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| blood vesels that carry blood to the heart |
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| moves oxygen into your body and carbon dioxide out |
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| where oxygen and carbon dioxide are changed into energy |
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| conect the trachea to the lungs |
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| a muscle that draws air into the lungs |
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| collects waste and removes it from the body |
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| excretory organs that eliminate urine |
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| tubes that connect the kindney to the bladder |
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| a tube were the urine exits |
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| a change in the enviorment that makes you react in some way |
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| receives and reacts to information from the inside and outside of the body |
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| special cells that carry information through the nervous system |
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| consists of the brain and spinalcord |
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| Peripheral nervous system |
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| consists of all nervous outside of the centeral nervous system |
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| The three main regions of the brain |
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-cerebellum
-cerebrum
-brainstem |
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-interprets info
-controls movment of the skeletal muscels
-carries out complex metal process |
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| coordinates the actions of your muscles and helps you keep your balance |
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| controls your bodies involuntary actions |
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| controls voluntary actions |
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| controls involuntary actions |
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-provides support
-protects internal organs
-produces blood cells |
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| Muscular System (threee kinds of muscle) |
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-skeletal
-smooth
-cardiac |
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| control involuntary actions |
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| Involuntary, form the heart beat |
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