Incisors - Sharp flat teeth that cut and slice, Canines - Long pointed teeth that rip and tear meat, Molars - Large flat teeth that grind up food, Tongue - Muscle in the mouth that moves food around and helps you to swallow, Salivary glands - Produce saliva and secretes it into your mouth, Saliva - Digestive juice that contains amylase and lubricating fluid, Oesophagus - Muscular tube that connects your mouth to your stomach, Stomach - Muscular sack that holds your food as it is chemically and physically digested, Peristalsis - Muscular contractions/squeezes that move food down your oesophagus, Stomach juice - Digestive juice that contains hydrochloric acid and pepsin enzyme, Liver - Large organ in front of your stomach that makes enzymes and digestive juices like bile, Gall bladder - Small organ on the back of the liver that stores bile for use later, Bile duct - Tube that runs from the gall bladder to the small intestine, Bile - Green alkaline digestive juice that contains lipase enzyme and low pH liquid, Pepsin - Enzyme in the stomach that breaks down protein into amino acids, Amylase - Enzyme in the saliva that breaks down carbohydrates into sugar , Lipase - Enzyme in the bile that breaks down lipids (fat) into fatty acid and glycerin, Trypsin - Enzyme in the bile that breaks down protein into amino acids, Small intestine - Absorbs nutrients from digested food into the blood stream, Villi - Small bulges of intestine lining that contain capillaries - the site of absorption, Large intestine - Where water is absorbed from indigested food into the blood stream, Rectum - Storage pouch at the end of the large intestine where indigested food forms stool/faeces, Anus - Muscular opening that stool/feaces are excreted out of the body,

10 Sci - Digestive System

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