Digestive system

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What does the digestive system do?

Take in, and break down food and solid waste

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Mouth / Chemical digestion

breaks down food using enzymes in the saliva

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Esophagus

is a tube filled with smooth muscles that slowly move the food down from the mouth to the stomach

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What is the process that the esophagus uses ?

Peristalsis

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Stomach

holds the food and mixes it with acid + enzymes that continues to break the food down into liquid/paste

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Small intestine

takes the nutrients needed for the body from the broken down food and gets rid of useless ones

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Liver

breaks down, balances and creates the nutrients + absorbs drugs in forms that are easier to use

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Gall bladder

Stores bile & thick liquids that are produced by the liver to help digest fat

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Pancreas

produces enzymes that help digest food and specific proteins

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Large Intestine

takes water and electrolytes, produces and takes vitamins and forms fences toward the rectum for removal

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