1. The Digestive System
By Sarah C.

2. The Mouth
The mouth is where the digestive system starts. The mouth chews your food and transfers it to the next part of your body

3. Esophagus
The esophagus conveys boluses of food from the pharynx. The esophagus is routinely exposed to rough and abrasive foodsuffs.

4. The Stomach
The stomach is a muscular organ on the left side of the upper abdomen. The stomach secrets acid and enzymes.

5. The Liver
The liver cleans your blood, it produces bile, and it stores glycogen.

6. Large intestine
The large intestine consists of the cecum and colon.

7. The Small intestine
The small intestine is a tubular structure that carries the food in continuation with the stomach.

8. Gall Bladder
The gall bladder stores bile until the body needs it.

9. Pancreas
The pancreas creates hormones and enzymes.

10. Appendix
Scientist think that the appendix was used to digest bones.

11. Enzymes
Enzymes are globular proteins. They have something called an active site. The site is a “lock” into which a substrate “key” fits.

12. Bile Duct
A large duct that transports bile from the liver to the duodenum.

13. Mucus
Mucus is a slimy substance, typically not miscible with water, secreted by mucous membranes.

14. Chemical digestion
Chemical digestion is the chemical breakdown of food into simpler compounds.

15. Mechanical digestion
 Mechanical digestion is the first step in digesting the food you eat.

16. Salivary amylase
Salivary amylase is saccharidase that is found in small quantities of human blood.

17. Absorption
Absorption, the process by which matter or radiant energy is taken up internally, or assimilated ,by a substance.

18. Villi
Villi is a microscopic finger-like projections that line the inner wall of the small intestine.

19. Gastric juices
Gastric juices are the colorless, watery, acidic digestive fluid that is secreted by various glands in the mucous membrane of the stomach and consists chiefly of hydrochloric acid, pepsin, rennin, and mucin.

20. Duodenum
The duodenum precedes the jejunum and ileum and is the shortest part of the small intestine.

21. Chyme
Chyme also known as chymus, it is the liquid substance found in the stomach before passing through the pyloric valve.

22. Bibliography http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bile-duct

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