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Digestive Vocab
a system that is in the body
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nutrients | Substance in food that provide the raw materials and energy the body need to carry out all essential life process |
| Fats | High energy nutrients that is composed of carbon, oxegen and hydrogen |
| Mineral | A nutrients that needed by living thing in small amounts of to survive |
| Epiglottis | A flap of tissue that seals of the wind pipe and prevents food from entering |
| Villus | Tiny finger shaped structure that cover the inner surface of the small intestine and provide a large surface area through which digested food is absorbed |
| Cholesterol | A waxy, fat like substance, found only in animal products, that is an important part of the body's cell; can build up artery walls |
| Digestion | The process by which the body breaks down food into small nutrient molocule |
| Esophagus | A muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach |
| Liver | The largest and heaviest organ inside the body;it breaks down substance and eliminates nitrogen from the body |
| Large intestine | The last section of the diestive system, where water is absorbed from food and the remaining material eliminates the body |
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