| A | B |
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| digestion | physical process of breaking down food into saller pieces |
| mechanical digestion | structuralcange in food in which large molecules are broken down into smaller ones |
| peristalis | sers of invoutary musculr contracions aong the digestive tract |
| esophagus | muscular tub that connects the mouth to the stomach |
| epiglottis | flap of skin that covrs the opeing of the windpipe when you swallow |
| stomach | muscular pouch-likeenlargement of the digetive tract that produces gastric juices |
| mouth | takes in fod and saliva dissolves it |
| small intestine | where part of your meal s broken don |
| large intestine | takes indigestible materials |
| glucose | complex carbohydrate |
| glucagon | homone that causes an increase in blood glucose |
| water | most abundant substace in th body |
| starch | simple sugar |
| sateity center | part of te hypothalamus stimulated by a full stomach |
| mineral | inorganic substance tht makes up four percent of body weight |
| insulin | hormne that causes a decrease in blood glucose |
| calories | units used to masure the energy content of food |
| vitamin | organic nutrient required in small amounts for growth and metabolism |
| liver | converts simple sugar and fats to glycogen |
| appendix | an extension of the first part of the large intestine |
| smooth muscle | muscle found in internal organs-involuntary |
| spindle shped | have a nucleus |
| cardiac muscle | makes up the heart |
| skeletal muscle | attached to bones and moves the skeleton-voluntary |
| striated | have more than one nucleus |
| axial skeleton | includes bones that support head adn is centrally located in the body |
| appendicular skeleton | includes bones asociated with the upper and lower extremities |
| fixed joint | no movement-skull |
| ball-and-socket join | rotational-hips ad shoulders |
| gliding joint | sliding-wrists and ankles |
| hinge joint | back and forth-ebows, knees, fingers, and toes |
| pivot joint | twist-neck |
| marrow | soft tissue in center cavity of a bone |
| joint | where two bones meet |
