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| Crushes food into smaller pieces to aid in swallowing |
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| Secretes bile which breaks fat into smaller pieces |
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| Stores bile until needed in the small intestine |
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| absorbs water and vitamins and stores and releases waste |
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| Digestion is completed here. Nutrients are absorbed by the villi into the bloodstream. |
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| End of large intestine. Stores waste until ready to be expelled. |
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| Allows food to enter the body. Starts to break up carbohydrates with enzymes in saliva. Contains the teeth and tongue. |
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| Makes saliva to begin carbohydrate digestion and to moistenf food. |
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| Long tube that connects the mouth to the stomach. Uses peristalsis. |
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| Chruns food into chyme. Protien digestion begins due to gastric juice (enzymes and hydrochloric acid.) |
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| Secretes pancreatic jusice into the small intestine to neutralize the stomach acid and to digest ALL types of food. |
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