Digestive System Flashcards
(9 cards)
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Stomach
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Stores food, initial protein digestion begins here
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Esophagus
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Canal through which partially digested food goes down
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Small intestine
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Most digestion and absorption of food occurs
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Large intestine
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Reabsorbs water from waste
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Liver
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Manufactures blood protein from amino acids, and purified blood
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Gall bladder
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Produces bile which emulsified fat during digestion
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Bile duct
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Carries the bile from gall bladder to the small intestine
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Pancreas
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Produces enzymes such as trypsin, erepsin,amylase,trypsinogen
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Spleen
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Filters blood and lymph
