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mouth
- it facilitates the
mastication
of food and the swallowing of food
esophagus-
where food
boli
travels before entering the
stomach
stomach-
temporarily stores and digests food, produces
hydrochloric acid
peristalsis
is the involuntary movement of muscles creating wave-like movements that push the contents of the canal forward.
chyme-
mixture of food that has been broken down by the enzymes in the
stomach
small intestine-
absorbs nutrients from
chyme
and transports them to the
blood
pyloric sphincter-
muscular ring of tissue that controls the flow of food from the
stomach
to the
small intestine
large intestine-
absorbs
water
and
electrolytes
from food and produces
feces
rectum-
stores
faeces
and
waste products
from the small intestine
liver-
produces
bile
; breaks down
fat
through
emulsification
;
filters
medicine & alcohol from
blood
pancreas-
produces
pancreatic juice
and
insulin
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