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PARTS & FUNCTIONS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM (CP 2025 - 2026)

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Total cards: 15•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Alimentary Canal Organs

Back (Answer)

The path food travels in from the mouth to the anus

#2
Front (Question)

Accessory Organs

Back (Answer)

Food does not actually travel through these organs, but helps with the digestion

#3
Front (Question)

Mechanical Digestion

Back (Answer)

Physically breaking down foods into smaller bits

#4
Front (Question)

Chemical Digestion

Back (Answer)

Use of Enzymes to break down food into their building blocks (helping organic molecules)

#5
Front (Question)

Mouth

Back (Answer)

breaks down food, digests starch, kills germs, moistens food (AC)

#6
Front (Question)

Esophagus

Back (Answer)

A pathway food travels in from the mouth to the stomach (AC)

#7
Front (Question)

Stomach

Back (Answer)

kills germs, breaks up food, digest proteins, stores food (AC)

#8
Front (Question)

Small Intestine

Back (Answer)

breakdown food (proteins, starch, fats) before absorbing the nutrients for the body cells (AC)

#9
Front (Question)

Liver

Back (Answer)

Produces bile to help digest and break up fats (AO)

#10
Front (Question)

Gallbladder

Back (Answer)

Stores bile (below liver) (AO)

#11
Front (Question)

Pancreas

Back (Answer)

Produces enzymes to digest proteins and carbs (AO)

#12
Front (Question)

Large Intestines

Back (Answer)

Absorbs water (AC)

#13
Front (Question)

Appendix

Back (Answer)

Vestigial Structure doesn’t do anything besides bursting (AO)

#14
Front (Question)

Rectum

Back (Answer)

Eliminates feces (AC)

#15
Front (Question)

Villi

Back (Answer)

A finger-like structure that helps increases the surface area of the small intestine to easily absorb nutrients