Lesson 5 Flashcards

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Stomach

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It’s a muscular bag that mashes food and mixes the food with digestive juices. These juices break down some nutrients and kill germs. Then the food, which is now a liquid, goes through an opening to the small intestine.

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Esophagus

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It’s a long tube that begins in your throat. It moves food from the mouth to the stomach.

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Small Intestine

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It’s a long coiled tube that digests food and absorbs nutrients your body needs from the digested food. Anything not absorbed is sent to the large Intestine

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Large Intestine

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It’s a large tube that soaks up water and minerals and leaves only the waste. Solid waste passes out of your body.

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Liver

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The liver makes a juice called bile that helps break large blobs of fat into tiny droplets so that the fats can be broken down easily.

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Gallbladder

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The Gallbladder stores bile from the liver and sends it into the small intestine only when food passes through.

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Pancreas

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The pancreas make juices that are released into the small intestine. These juices break down fats and proteins into small pieces that can be absorbed by the body.

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Digestive System Conatins:?

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esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, gallbladder, liver, and the pancreas

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How does your body get rid of urea?

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Releases it as urine

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Kidneys

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The kidneys are organs that remove waste from the blood. They also help to converse water and to make sure the blood does not have too much or too little salt.

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Ureters

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After the kidneys filter the blood, the waste, urine collects in tubes called ureters. These take the urine to the bladder.

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Bladder

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The bladder stores urine and then releases it from the body. The bladder can stretch like a ballon. It can hold up to a pint of urine at a time!

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Urethra

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The urethra is a small tube that takes urine from the bladder to outside of the body.

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Vocab of Test:

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Stomach, pancreas, liver, bladder, kidney, esophagus, gallbladder, small intestine, large intestine, ureters, and the urethra

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Urinary System Contains:?

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Kidney, ureters, bladder, and the urethra.

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Write the organs in order of the Digestive and the Urinary system.

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Digestive: Mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine
Urinary: Kidney, ureters, bladder, urethra

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How do our bodies digest food and remove waste

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Our body digests food by entering the digestive system which contains the mouth, esophagus, stomach, gallbladder, liver, pancreas, small intestine, and the large intestine. Our body removes waste by either releasing it as sweat, breathing out CO2, releasing it as urine, or releasing it out of the large intestine.