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the small intestine
churns and mashes food into smaller pieces
breaks down food to a thin, watery mixture
absorbs dissolved food with hundreds of villi
stores food

The correct answer for the fill in the blank is - Breaks down food to a thin, watery mixture  and absorbs dissolved food with hundreds of villi.

Small intestine is an organ of the digestive system that helps in the final digestion of food that is coming from stomach. It also helps in the absorption of nutrients through villi ( fingerlike projections that are specialized so as to absorb nutrients).  

The first part of small intestine receives digestive juices from accessory organs like gallbladder, pancreas, and liver that help in breaking down of food to thin watery mixture that is final digestion of food takes place.      

the corpus luteum secretes estrogens and progesterone. the latter hormone causes changes in the uterus that make it more suitable for implantation of the fertilized ovum and the nourishment of the embryo. if the egg is not fertilized, the corpus luteum becomes inactive after 10–14 days, and menstruation occurs.

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some fungi obtain their nutrients from a living host (plant or animal) and are called most biotrophic fungi have fairly narrow host ranges—they are specialized on a limited called rhizomorphs that allow the fungus to grow from one tree to another. ascospores are formed inside a sac-like structure called an ascus. so your answer is a