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| 13483197712 | Nutrients | Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy | 0 | |
| 13483201169 | Digestion | Breakdown of food substances into simpler forms that can be absorbed and used | 1 | |
| 13483210529 | Alimentary Canal | digestive tube that extends from the mouth to the anus | 2 | |
| 13483210530 | Ingestion | Intake of food | 3 | |
| 13483210531 | Propulsion | the action of driving or pushing forward. | 4 | |
| 13483212491 | Mechanical Digestion | Physical breakdown of large pieces of food into smaller pieces | 5 | |
| 13483212492 | Chemical Digestion | Process by which enzymes break down food into small molecules that the body can use | 6 | |
| 13483214493 | Peristalsis | Involuntary waves of muscle contraction that keep food moving along in one direction through the digestive system. | 7 | |
| 13483214494 | Segmentation | the division of the body of an organism into a series of similar parts | 8 | |
| 13483216809 | Enzymes | Catalysts for chemical reactions in living things | 9 | |
| 13483216810 | Defecation | elimination of feces | 10 | |
| 13483216811 | Fece | poop | 11 | |
| 13483219215 | Gastric Pits | Gastric glands that release secretions into the stomach | 12 | |
| 13483219216 | Chyme | Partially digested, semiliquid food mixed with digestive enzymes and acids in the stomach. | 13 | |
| 13483219217 | Mastication | chewing | 14 | |
| 13483221654 | Salivary Amylase | Enzyme in saliva that breaks down starch | 15 | |
| 13483221655 | Emulsification | physical process of breaking up large fat globules into smaller globules, thereby increasing the surface area that enzymes can use to digest the fat | 16 | |
| 13483224734 | Plicae Circulares | folds of the small intestine wall | 17 | |
| 13483224735 | Villi | Fingerlike extensions of the intestinal mucosa that increase the surface area for absorption | 18 | |
| 13483224736 | Microvilli | projections that increase the cell's surface area | 19 | |
| 13483226722 | Bile | A substance produced by the liver that breaks up fat particles. | 20 |
