Digestive and Excretory System

Stomach

• liquifies and creates chyme

• makes a bolus

• filters blood

• holds urine

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mouth

• chews food, makes a bolus

• creates chyme

• absorbs liquids

• absorbs nutrients

small intestines

• creates chyme

• absorbs liquids

• absorbs nutrients

• creates solid wastes

Large intestine

• removes nutrients

• absorbs liquids

• breaks down fats

• stores a bolus

esophagus

• tube that food leaves the body through

• tube that food moves from the large intestine to the small intestine

• tube that goes from the mouth to the stomach

• tube that leads to the bladder

kidneys

• produce solid waste

• filter blood and make urea

• filter pee

• make blood

ureters

• 2 tubes that remove pee from the body

• 1 tube that removes pee from the body

• 2 tubes that take liquid from kidneys to bladder

• 1 tube from mouth to stomach

urethra

• 2 tubes that remove pee from the body

• 2 tubes that take liquid from the kidneys to the bladder

• 1 tube that removes pee from the body

• 1 tube that goes from the mouth to the stomach

bladder

• holds solid and liquid waste

• holds liquid waste

• holds solid waste

• holds blood

How does the skin work with the excretory system?

• releases sweat

• releases oils

• protects bones

• covers muscles