digestion Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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LIVER
A
filters blood and filters alcohol in your blood, produces bile
2
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STOMACH
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does both mechanical and chemical digestion with stomach muscles and acid to breakdown food
3
Q
MOUTH
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produces saliva which helps food breakdown and goes through your esophagus as well as mechanical breakdown with your teeth
4
Q
ESOPHAGUS
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transports the food into your stomach
5
Q
SMALL INTESTINE
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this is where most of the nutrient absorption happens after being through the stomach
6
Q
LARGE INTESTINE
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place where food goes after the small intestine and ready for release
7
Q
PANCREAS
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makes enzymes that break down consumed nutrients
8
Q
GALLBLADDER
A
after the liver produces bile this is where it gets stored, in the gallbladder
