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The food is held in the stomach for several hours, while initial digestion of protein takes
place. The stomach wall secretes _____________________, so the stomach contents are
strongly acidic. It kills the bacteria that are taken into the gut along with the food, helping to
protect us from food poisoning. The semi-digested food is held back in the stomach by a ring
of muscles at the outlet of the stomach, called ______________________ muscles. When
this relaxes, it releases the food into the first part of small intestine called
_______________________. Several digestive enzymes are added to the food in the
duodenum. These are made by _________________________ and digest starch, proteins and
lipids. The liver makes the digestive juice called ________________.
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1 FOOD PIPE
2 SP MUSCLES
3 BIG INTENSTINE
4 VITAMINS
ACID
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