Digestive System

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What substance coats and protects the inside of the stomach?

Receives food from your mouth when you swallow and delivers food to your stomach

Absorption of almost all the nutrients into the blood stream happens here

Teeth are used to break down food and enzymes in saliva help break down carbohydrates

What substance in the mouth contains an enzyme that begins chemical digestion?

Stores Bile

What structure(s) help the small intestine to absorb large amounts of nutrients?

The acid that is stored here breaks down the food even more and mechanical digestion occurs with contracting of the muscles