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Fluid released by salivary glands
when you eat
saliva
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A thick, slippery substance produced
by the body that lines the esophagus
mucus
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Flap of tissue that seals off your
windpipe and prevents food from
entering the lungs as you swallow
epiglottis
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j-shaped muscular pouch in the
abdomen
stomach
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Process by which your body breaks
down food into small nutrient
molecules
digestion
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esophagus
Muscular tube that connects the
mouth to the stomach
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Waves of involuntary muscle
contractions that push food toward
the stomach
peristalsis
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Process by which nutrient molecules
pass through the wall of your
digestive system into your blood
absorption
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Protein that speeds up chemical
reactions in the body
enzyme
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bile
Substance that breaks up fat particles
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pancreas
Triangular organ located between the
stomach and the first part of the
small intestine that help break down
carbohydrates, proteins and fats
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anus
A muscular opening at the end of the
rectum
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large intestine
Last section of the digestive system
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Millions of finger-shaped structures
folded into the inner surface of the
small intestine
villi
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Does many jobs in the body such as
making bile for the digestive system
(largest organ in the body)
liver
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Where waste material is compressed
into solid form
rectum
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gallbladder
Where bile is stored
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small intestine
Part of the digestive system where
most chemical digestion takes place