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The Digestive System. Function Break down the food you eat into nutrients that your body can absorb.

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1 The Digestive System

2 Function Break down the food you eat into nutrients that your body can absorb

3 Digestive tract The path that food takes in your body Includes: mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anus

4 Accessory organs Organs that aid in digestion, but are not included in the digestive tract Includes: salivary glands, liver, gall bladder, pancreas

5 Mechanical digestion The breaking, crushing, and mashing of food Stomach

6 Chemical digestion Large molecules are broken down into nutrients

7 Enzymes The chemical scissors that break some nutrients into smaller pieces


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