The digestive system

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Where is food broken down by mechanical digestion?
mouth
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What is a muscular hydrostat on the floors of the mouths of most vertebrates which manipulates food for mastication?
tongue
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What is the name of the passage between the pharynx and the stomach?
oesophagus
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Where does initial digestion of protein takes place?
stomach
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Where is bile stored?
gall blader
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What makes several digestive enzymes which digest starch, proteins and lipids?
pancreas
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Where are nutrients from food are absorbed into the bloodstream from?
small intestin
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What is the name of the first part of the small intestine?
duodenum
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What is the name of the second part of the small intestine?
ileum
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What organ acts mainly to absorb water from digested materials and solidifies faeces.
large intestin
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What is the name of the first part of the large intestine?
colon
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What is the name of the second part of the large intestine, where faeces are stored?
rectum
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What is the tubular projection attached to the cecum of the large intestine and located on the lower right side of the abdomen?
appendix
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Faeces are expelled out of the body through the...
anus
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