Understanding the Digestive System

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Digestive System

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Breaks down food into nutrients

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Mouth

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Starts digestion by chewing

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Esophagus

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Tube that moves food to stomach

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Stomach

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Uses acid to break down food

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Small Intestine

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Absorbs nutrients from food

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Large Intestine

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Absorbs water and forms waste

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Liver

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Produces bile to digest fats

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Pancreas

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Produces enzymes for digestion

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Gallbladder

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Stores bile from the liver

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Nutrients

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Essential substances from food