Vocabulary Cards

The process of breaking

Digest down food so our cells
can use it

The group of organs that

Digestive System work together to digest
our food

The opening through

Mouth which food enters the
body

An organ in the mouth

Tongue that aids in mixing food
with saliva

The tube that connects

Esophagus the mouth to the
stomach

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 The main organ in the
digestive system - most
Stomach breaking down of food
occurs here
An organ that sends
chemicals into the stomach
Pancreas
to aid in the breaking
down of food
The largest organ of the body,
sends bile to the stomach and
Liver also cleans our food before it
passes to our cells
A thick liquid that is sent
from the liver to the
Bile stomach to aid in breaking
down food

A sac in which bile from

Gall bladder
the liver is stored

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 A tube, about 23 feet long
Small intestines that allows digested food
to enter our blood vessels

A tube that removes water

Large intestines from waste before the
waste leaves our body

An organ that holds waste

Rectum until it passes from our
body

The opening that allows

Anus waste to be passed out of
our body

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