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| Where does the food go after the esophagus? |
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J-shaped stores food walls made of strong muscles that tighten and squeeze food (mechanical digestion) has gastric juice (chemical digestion)
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| What is gastric juice made up of? |
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hydrochloric acid (HCl) mucus pepsin
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| begins the digestion of proteins |
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| What does hydrochloric acid do? |
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kills bacteria helps break down food provides an acid environment for the pepsin to work
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| protects the stomach lining from the hydrochloric acid and pepsin |
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| What is the thick liquid form in which food leaves the stomach? |
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| Where does the food go after the stomach? |
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| What is the juice produced in the stomach that has mucus, pepsin, and hydrochloric acid? |
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| What is the enzyme that digests proteins? |
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