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Digestive System
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Science
7th Grade
03/13/2013

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Term
oral cavity
Definition
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
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teeth
 
Definition
use for grinding and biting food
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tongue
 
Definition
a muscle on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing, tasting,swallowing and rolling food in a ball called balus (bowl-less).
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hard palate
 
Definition
he roof of the mouth that forms the floor of the nasal cavity and separates the oral and nasal cavities
Term
soft palate
 
Definition
a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking
Term

Phyarnx 

 

Definition
throat, passageway for food to the esophagus and air to the larynx
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esophagus
Definition
passage way for food to the stomach
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stomach  
Definition
[image]large muscular sac that further chemical digestion or breakdown food takes place
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cardiac sphincter
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