Mouth - The food is ground up by the teeth and moistened with saliva to make it easy to swallow., Oesphagus - Once swallowed, muscular contractions of the ......................... massage the ball of food down into the stomach., Stomach - The food passes through a sphincter, or small muscle ring, into the......................., Pancreas - is one of the largest glands in the human body. As well as digestive juices, it secretes a hormone called insulin., Liver - breaking down fats, using bile stored in the gall bladder,filtering and processing impurities, drugs and toxins, processing proteins and carbohydrates, Duodenum - The liver and pancreas pour gastric juices into the............................, ileum - It is mainly concerned with the absorption of nutrients from the fully digested food, Colon - is the large intestine, and receives material from the small intestine.The faeces are then eliminated by the contraction of the rectum, and the relaxation of the anus. ,

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