What is the main purpose of the large intestine in nutrition?
It absorbs water.
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What causes cavities?
Bacteria that live in the mouth!
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You get gastroenteritis when you eat food contaminated by...
bacteria and viruses.
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Give an example of how we can prevent gastroenteritis? (3)
1) Do not consume foods after their date of expiration. 2) Do not eat food that looks or smells bad. 3) Wash your fruits and vegetables before you eat them.
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What is the purpose of the liver and the pancreas in digestion?
To produce digestive juices needed in digestion.
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What is the name of the long tube that connects your mouth to your stomach?
The oesophagus.
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Undigested food that reaches the large intestine becomes...
faeces.
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What happens in the small intestine? (2 things)
1) Food mixes with digestive juices (pancreas, liver, small intestine) and 2) the nutrients in the food get absorbed by the blood.
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Put these parts of the digestive process in the correct order: 1) Stomach, 2) Small Intestine, 3) Mouth, 4) Large Intestine, 5) Esophagus
1) Mouth, 2) Esophagus, 3) Stomach, 4) Small Intestine, 5) Large Intestine
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What causes diarrhoea?
When the small and large intestine cannot absorb what is in them.
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In the stomach, the bolus mixes with _____________, which help dissolve the food.
gastric juices / stomach acid
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TRUE OR FALSE: Food passes through the TRACHEA in digestion.
