Identifying functions of Digestive System Organs

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Mouth

Mastication: Chew up Food.

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Salivary Glands

Contains enzyme amylase that breaks down starches.

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Pharynx

Passageway for food from mouth to esophagus.

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Esophagus

Tube that carries food to the stomach via peristalsis.

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Stomach

Storage of food. Mixes/Churns food into chyme.

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Liver

Produces bile to break down fats, stores glucose as glycogen, converts glycogen to glucose.

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Pancreas

Produces digestive enzymes to break down ALL types of food, and produces insulin and glucagon.

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Gallbladder

Stores bile from liver, and sends bile to intestine for fatty foods.

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Small Intestine

Completes chemical digestion and absorption of food.

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Large Intestine

Reabsorbs 90% of water from waste and eliminates feces.

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Rectum

Temporarily stores fecal matter.

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Anus

Exit for feces (poop) (defecation)