Organs that discharge their secretions into the intestine.
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A small rounded mass of chewed food at the moment of swallowing.
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System which transports nutrients and oxygen to cells and releases waste substances.
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The initial section of the small intestine, only 25 cm long, and shaped like a horseshoe.
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A system which releases waste substances outside the organism.
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Waste formed by undigested food.
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A tube which is around 8 metres long and its shape varies. It starts in our mouths and ends at our anus.
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Substances produced by the pancreas that regulate tjhe quantities of glucose in our body and their accumulation in the liver.
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Juices secreted by the intestine.
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The middle section of the small intestine and the logest one.
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The first set of teeth we have develop when we are infants.
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Organ located in the right upper part of the adbomen. It has violet colour due to the great amounts of blood in it and it performs a variety of functions related to several processes.
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Simpler molecules obtained after digestion from more complex carbohydrates.
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Our body transform food into these simples molecules so they can be utilised by our cells.
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Other way to call the mouth.
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A glandular organ located in the abdomen behind the stomach. It has greyish-white colour.
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Bonus question: Write the following answer: "This question is bonus" (without quotation marks).
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It's a tube that is around 6 or 7 metres long. It is located bewrteen the pylorus, where it joins with the stomach, and the ileocecal valve, which separates it from the large intestine.
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They're the structures responsible for grinding and crushing food.
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Complete: the bile, produced by the lver, is released into the duodenum through the ampulla of...
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It's a mechanical process by wjhich foods are ground and crushed into smaller chunks to facilate their digestion.
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Substances which react chemically with food, breaking down the substances found in food and transforming them into simpler components.
