Digestive System

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  • This is where the food enters the digestive tract and is chewed and mixed with saliva.
    Mouth
  • The tube that carries the food from the mouth to the stomach.
    Esophagus
  • Stores and begins to break down food suing digestive juices and muscles.
    Stomach
  • The longest part of the digestive tract, where most nutrient absorption occurs.
    Small Intestine
  • Produces enzymes and hormones that aid digestion.
    Pancreas
  • Produces bile to help digest fats and filters toxins from the blood.
    Liver
  • Stores and concentrates bile produced by the liver.
    Gall Bladder
  • Absorbs water from indigestible food matter and eliminates waste.
    Large Intestine
  • What is the function of the digestive organs?
    break down foods
  • What is the function of the accessory organs?
    Produces and secrete digestive enzymes and fluids
  • Opens and closes when you speak.
    Epiglottis
  • Small finger-like in the small intestine.
    Villi
  • Process of bringing food into the body.
    Ingestion
  • Process of breaking down food mechanically and chemically.
    Digestion
  • Process of absorbing nutrients from digested food.
    Absorption
  • Process if removing undigested waste from the body.
    Elimination
  • The end of the digestive system and where the feces leave the body.
    Anus
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