Definitions and what does what | What does what | Vitamins | Parts of digestive system | Digestive system |
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The process by which an organism beaks down its food into small units that can be absorbed by the body
Define digestion
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Liver
What organ produces bile?
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Goes through the body and exits it
Explain what water soluble means?
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What is
Show us the salivary glands
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What is
Show us the stomach
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A chemical substance the body needs in small amounts to stay healthy.
Define vitamin
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Salivary glands
What organ produces saliva?
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Can not go through body and exit it
Explain what fat soluble means?
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What is
Show us the esophagus
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What is
Show us the small intestine
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Small intestine
Where does most nutrient absorption occur?
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Tongue
What organ moves the food in the mouth to form the bolus?
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Vitamins D and K and E
Which vitamins are fat soluble?
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What is
Show us the rectum
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What is
Show us the trachea
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Stomach
What turns the bolus into chyme?
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Covers the larynx when you swallow to make sure that food goes down the esophagus only
What does the epiglottis do?
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Vitamins C and B
Which vitamins are water soluble ?
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What is
Show us the pancreas
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Acts as safe haven for beneficial bacteria when sickness can wipe them out of the intestines. This allows the bacteria to repopulate the intestine quickly after the sickness is over
What function does the appendix serve?
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Large intestine
What converts waste into feces?
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Pancreas
What organ produces sodium bicarbonate?
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Vitamin D and K. Vitamin D is made by the body through sunlight hitting the skin. And vitamin K is made by a certain in the large intestine.
Which vitamins can be absorbed by the body even if they are not in any food that is eaten?
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What is
Show us the large intestine and the liver
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Gall bladder,liver,salivary glands.and pancreas
Name organs that are part of digestive tract but not
A part of the alimentary canal. Oyo pg 323 |