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Didas & TK
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Mouth Pharynx Esophagus Stomach Small & Large Intestines
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Food is taken in Grinded by teeth Mixed with saliva Comes from 3 large glands Parotid Submaxillary Sublingual
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Under lower jaw and has a duct that goes to the mouth allowing for saliva to be produced Along with that, the mucous membrane secretes mucus which mixes with this saliva Lines the mouth Saliva converts starch and such into sugars necessary for the body Ptylin does this
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Food passes through the pharynx Like a muscular membrane behind the nose and mouth which helps process food Muscle contractions occur Food is pushed down into/through the esophagus
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After food passes through the esophagus by mucus and muscle contractions it enters the stomach cardiac orfice Strong gastric juices mix with the mucus and muscle contractions help fully digest and dissolve food 2-4 hours
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From stomach the food is further digested here and then goes through to the duodenum Then fluids flow through the pancreatic duct Urination And solids flow through the bile duct Wastes
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30 feet long in humans Imagine that you put one end of a hose in your mouth and kept threading it through until it came out of your butt. That's more or less what the alimentary canal is.
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