Digestive System
- Created by: alice_lanch
- Created on: 04-02-19 18:49
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- Digestive System
- Oesophagus
- Stomach
- Muscular sac with an inner layer that produces enzymes
- It's role is to store and digest food, especially proteins. It has glands that produce enzymes which digest protein
- Ileum
- Long muscular tube
- Large intestine
- Absorbs water
- Most of the water that is absorbed is water from the secretions of the many digestive glands
- Rectum
- Final section of the intestines
- Faeces are stored here before periodically being removed via the anus in a process called egestion
- Salivary Glands
- Situated near the mouth
- They pass their secretions via a duct into the mouth. These secretions contain the enzyme amylase, which hydrolyses starch into maltose
- Pancreas
- Large gland situated below the stomach
- It produces a secretion called pancreatic juice. This secretion contains proteases to hydrolyse proteins, lipase to hydrolyse lipids and amylase to hydrolyse starch
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