The Digestive System Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
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What’s next
A
Food is passed through the oesophagus down into the stomach
2
Q
What’s third
A
Th stomach churns up the food and makes acid called acid chyme to kill bacteria
3
Q
What’s fourth
A
Food enters the small intestine and the pancreas produces pancreatic juices and the gall bladder stores bile and they add it to the food
4
Q
And fifth
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As the food passes through the small intestine the small food particles get sucked in to the blood stream
5
Q
And finally
A
Water is removed from the food wast that was to big to enter the blood stream and travels through the large intestine and exits the body
6
Q
What happens first
A
The teeth chew the food into small particles and saliva starts the chemical breakdown