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Unit 3: Digestion, Carbohydrates, and Cellular Respiration

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This organ produces enzymes that flow into the small intestine and help break down starches, proteins, and fats.
This organ is where most mechanical and chemical digestion occur.
Part of the digestive system where most chemical digestion takes place. This organ makes up two thirds of the length of your digestive system.
Chemical found in digestive juice that digests the proteins in you food, breaking them down into short chains of amino acids.
The process by which cells break down simple food molecules sucyh as sugar and release the energy they contain.
This process takes place in your body when your muscles use up oxygen faster than it could be replaced.
This is the process by which your body breaks down food into small nutrient molecules.
Substance that breaks up fat particles.
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Waste material is eliminated from the body through this organ.
This simple carbohydrate is the major source of energy for your body's cells.
Involuntary waves of muscle contraction
This is the process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of your digestive system into your blood.
Organ that stores bile.
Occurs in yeast and some other single-celled organisms break down sugar. This is an important process to bakers and brewers and produces carbon dioxide.
Water is absorbed into the bloodstream from this organ.
Muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach. This structure is lined with mucus that makes food easier to swallow and move along.
Composed of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, this nutrient is the major source of energy. They also provide the raw materials to make cell parts.
The second stage of respiration takes place in this organ which is often referred to as the "powerhouse of the cell"
A short tube at the end of the large intestine. Waste is compressed into a solid form.
This organ produces bile that breaks up fat particles.