The organs that take in food and turn it into products that the body can use to stay healthy. Waste products the body cannot use leave the body through bowel movements. The digestive system includes the salivary glands, mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, small and large intestines, and rectum.
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The organ system that includes the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) and its accessory organs. The digestive system processes food into molecules that can be absorbed and utilized by the cells of the body. Food is broken down, bit by bit, until the molecules are small enough to be absorbed and the w...
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[pronounce: die-jest-iv] Set of organs used to break down food in our bodies.
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The organs that are responsible for getting food into and out of the body and for making use of food to keep the body healthy. These include the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine, colon, and rectum. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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the organs that have as their particular function the ingestion, digestion, and absorption of food or other nutritive things. They include the mouth, teeth, tongue, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, and intestines. The accessory organs of digestion, which contribute secretions important to digestion, include the salivary glands, pan...
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the organs (mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and anus) associated with ingestion and digestion of food.
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Body system that digests food. Includes the mouth, stomach, large and small intestines, and rectum (back passage).
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(Humans as organisms) system of organs are involved with the ingestion, digestion, absorption of food
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Type: Term Synonyms: alimentary system
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Digestive system: The organs that are responsible for getting food into and out of the body and for making use of it. These organs include the salivary glands, the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, colon, rectum, and anus. The digestive system has a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from...
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The digestive system is responsible for processing food, breaking it down into usable proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, fats, and other substances, and introducing these into the bloodstream so that they can be used by the body. The digestive, or alimentary, tract begins at the mouth, where the teeth and tongue begin the breakdown of food, aided b...
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n] - the system that makes food absorbable into the body
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the system from your
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The system in the body that digests food. Includes the mouth, stomach, large and small intestines, and rectum (back passage).
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gastrointestinal system noun the system that makes food absorbable into the body
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In the body, all the organs and tissues involved in the digestion of food. In animals, these consist of the mouth, stomach, intestines, and their associated glands. The process of digestion breaks down the food by physical and chemical means into the different elements that are needed by the body for...
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An organ system that absorbs and digests food. The digestive system includes the esophagus, stomach, intestine, liver and pancreas.
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The digestive system is the group of organs that breaks down food into chemical components that the body can absorb and use for energy and for building and repairing cells and tissues.
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the system by which ingested food is acted upon by physical and chemical means to provide the body with absorbable nutrients and to excrete waste products; in mammals the system includes the alimentary canal extending from the mouth to the anus, and the hormones and enzymes assisting in digestion.
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the group of organs that break down foods into chemical components that the body can absorb and use for energy, and for building and repairing cells and tissues.
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the system that makes food absorbable into the body
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