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Digestive system

Is a group of organs that works together to break down food

Mouth

Contains the teeth tongue and saliva which do the first step in digestion

Incisors

Are for biting and tearing food into pieces

Canines

Are sharp pointed teeth for tearing down food

Molars

For grinding and crushing down food

Mouth

Chews food and mixes it with saliva

Salivary gland

Produce saliva which contains a starch digesting enzyme called

Pharynx

Swallos the chewed good mixed with saliva called bolus

Esophagus

Moves the bolus to the stomach

Stomach

Mixes and chums food with gastric juice that's contains acid and a protein digesting enzyme called pepsin creating chyme

Liver

Makes bike whish aids in the digestions and absorption of fat

Pancreas

Releases bicarbonate to neutralize intertinal contentsi produces enzymes that digest carbohydrates protein and fat

Gallbladder

Stores bile and releases it into small intestine when needed

Small intestine

Digest food and absorbs nutrients into blood or lymph

Large intestine

Absorbs water and Rome vitamins and minerals home to intestinal bacterial

Anus

Opens to allow waste to leave the body

Biodiversity

Refers to the variety and variability of life forms in a given area or on earth as a whole it includes all living organims

Taxonomy

Is the science of biological classification

Identification

Is the process of determining that a particular organism belongs to a recognize taxon

Nomenclature

Is concerned with the assignment of names to taxonomic groups in agreement with published rules

Aristotle

Was the first to be interested in taxonomy

Classification

Is the arrangement of organism into groups or taxa

Phylogenetic classification

Is concerned with grouping individual species into evolutionaru categories

Phenotypic classification

On the contrary groups individual species into categories

Nomenclature

Is concerned with the assignment of names to taxonomic groups in agreement with published rules