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The digestion of starch occurs mainly in the
Mouth when salivary amylase is ducted in the salivary glands
What is the common passage way for air and food
Pharynx
What produces bile
Liver
What stores and concentrates bile
Gallbladder
What has the glands that produce hydrochloric acid and pepsinogen, and has the lowest pH in it.
Stomach
What is a tube that conducts food to the stomach
Esophagus
The digestion of proteins begins in the what by what
Stomach by pepsin
What receives pancreatic juice and bile
Small intestine
What sends a variety of enzymes in an alkaline fluid into the small intestine
Pancreas
What has the glands that produce liquid containing amylase which starts the digestion of carbohydrates
Mouth
What secrets digestive juice which can digest carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids
Pancreas
What primarily involves in water absorption and feces formation
Large intestine
Most digestion and absorption occur in the
Small intestine
