has contractible muscles to help move food along to the stomach
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stomach
it pummels the food with its muscular walls - it produces the protease enzyme, pepsin - it produces hydrochloric acid to kill bacteria and to give the right pH for the protease enzyme to work.
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liver
where bile is produced. Bile neutralises stomach acids and emulsifies fat.
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gall bladder
where bile is stored, before it is released into the small intestine
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pancreas
produces protease, amylase and lipase enzymes. it releases these into the small intestine.
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small intestine
produces protease, amylase and lipase enzymes to complete digestion - this is also where digested food is absorbed out of the digestive system into the blood.
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large intestine
where excess water is absorbed from the food
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rectum
where the faeces are stored before they leave your body out of the rectum
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
has contractible muscles to help move food along to the stomach
Back
oesophagus
Card 3
Front
it pummels the food with its muscular walls - it produces the protease enzyme, pepsin - it produces hydrochloric acid to kill bacteria and to give the right pH for the protease enzyme to work.
Back
Card 4
Front
where bile is produced. Bile neutralises stomach acids and emulsifies fat.
Back
Card 5
Front
where bile is stored, before it is released into the small intestine
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