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What organ in the digestive system breaks down food into smaller pieces for digestion?
the Mouth.
It is the process where the nutrients from digested food are taken by the blood and used by the body’s cells.
Assimilation
The tube that releases urine from the bladder to the outside.
Urethra
The __________ stores urine until it is ready to leave the body.
Bladder
What organ in the digestive system transports food from the mouth to the stomach to be digested.
the Esophagus.
Is an out-pocketing of the ascending colon of the large instestine.
Appendix
What does the lung do for the excretory system?
The lungs facilitate gaseous exchange.
The __________ are two bean-shaped organs that filter blood and produce urine.
Kidney
Process by which the kidneys clean the blood.
Filtration
The movement of food through the digestive tract by wave-like contractions is called?
Peristalsis
Is a phase of digestion that breaks down food into smaller pieces and changes food into a semifluid consistency without changing its chemical composition.
Mechanical Digestion
What does the urinary bladder do?
It stores urine before it is passed.
The excretory system controls the level of ___ and ___ in your blood.
salt and chemicals
Name two examples of waste products removed by the excretory system.
Urea and Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
What organ in the digestive system breaks down food, takes in nutrients, and gets helps rid of waste?
the Small Intestine.
Which is longer, the Small Intestine or the Large Intestine?
the Small Intestine.
What does the excretion do?
It gets rid of waste in the body.
It is the process where the kidneys take back the useful substances from the liquid that was filtered out of the blood.
Reabsorption
The __________ is the inner part of the kidney made up of renal pyramids.
Medulla
What organ in the digestive system takes in water and electrolytes, produces and collects vitamins, and sends waste to be disposed of?
The Large Intestine.
What are the process involved in digestion of food?
Ingestion, transport of food, secretion, digestion, absorption, assimilation, and Excretion.
The tiny filtering units inside the kidneys.
Nephron
A waste product of the excretory system is...
Urea, uric acid, food waste, chloride, carbon dioxide or creatine.
Tiny structures in the small intestine that absorb nutrients.
villi