Digestive System

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Mouth
Where food enters the alimentary canal and digestion begins.
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Salivary Glands
Produce saliva containing amylase
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Oesophagus
Muscular tube which moves ingested food to the stomach
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Stomach
Muscular organ where digestion continues
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Pancreas
Produces digestive enzymes
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Liver
Produces Bile
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Gall Bladder
Stores bile before releasing it into the duodenum (small intestine)
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Small Intestine (Duodenum)
Where food is mixed with digestive enzymes and bile
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Small intestine (Ileum)
Where digested food is absorbed into the blood and lymph
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Large intestine (Colon)
Where water is reabsorbed
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Large intestine (Rectum)
Where faeces are stored
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Large intestine (Anus)
Where faeces leave the alimentary canal
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Card 2

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Produce saliva containing amylase

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Salivary Glands

Card 3

Front

Muscular tube which moves ingested food to the stomach

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Card 4

Front

Muscular organ where digestion continues

Back

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Card 5

Front

Produces digestive enzymes

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