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Digestive System
5th grade Digestive System
Term | Definition |
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Saliva | First step to the digestive system |
Tongue | Mixes saliva with food |
Esophagus | Launches food into stomach |
Stomach | Food churns in stomach and becomes slurry. Sent to small intestine. |
Liver | Creates bile and dissolves fat in the small intestine. |
Small Intestine | Absorbs nutrients from slurry |
Large Intestine | Slurry is mostly made of water and heading to rectum. AKA colon |
Excretion | Removes useless and harmful chemicals from the body. |