Digestive System Functions Flashcards
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Esophagus
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A passage way for food that connects the mouth and stomach
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Cardiac sphincter
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The “door” between the esophagus and the stomach
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Ballbladder
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Stores bile from the liver untill the small intestine needs it
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Liver
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Secrets bile and is the largest gland that weighs 3 pounds
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Pancreas
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Helps secret enzymes into the SI
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Pyloric sphincter
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A “door” for chyme to get from the stomach into the small intestine
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Stomach
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A pouch like organ that mixed food with gastric juice
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Teeth
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Help break down food
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Tongue
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Tasting and breaking down/moving food
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Uvula
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The dangly thing in the back of your throat
