The Digestive SystemThe Digestive System

By: Keesha CatalanBy: Keesha Catalan

MouthMouth

The mouth chews up the food in your The mouth chews up the food in your mouth into tiny little pieces. Then it sends mouth into tiny little pieces. Then it sends it down your esophagus.it down your esophagus.

EsophagusEsophagus

The esophagus is a long tube that allows The esophagus is a long tube that allows food to go down to the small intestine.food to go down to the small intestine.

Stomach Stomach

The stomach breaks down the food. The The stomach breaks down the food. The it sends it to the small intestine. it sends it to the small intestine.

Small intestineSmall intestine

The small intestine does most of the The small intestine does most of the digesting of the food that you eat. Then it digesting of the food that you eat. Then it sends it down to the large intestine.sends it down to the large intestine.

Large intestineLarge intestine

The large intestine absorbs the water The large intestine absorbs the water from the indigestible food and transmit from the indigestible food and transmit the useless waste material from the the useless waste material from the body. body.

LiverLiver

The liver cleans your blood, it makes a The liver cleans your blood, it makes a digestive liquid called bile, and it stores an digestive liquid called bile, and it stores an energy called glycogen.energy called glycogen.

AppendixAppendix

The appendix produces and protects The appendix produces and protects good germs for the guts by rebooting the good germs for the guts by rebooting the digestive system.digestive system.

Pancreas Pancreas

The pancreas produces enzymes and The pancreas produces enzymes and hormones that help break down foods. hormones that help break down foods.

Gall Bladder Gall Bladder

The gall bladder is responsible to digest The gall bladder is responsible to digest the fats in the foods.the fats in the foods.

Enzymes Enzymes

The enzymes helps us in breaking of The enzymes helps us in breaking of different minerals. different minerals.

Bile / Bile DuctBile / Bile Duct

Bile is a digestive juice secreted by the Bile is a digestive juice secreted by the liver and it is stored in the gallbladder liver and it is stored in the gallbladder and aids the digestions of fat.and aids the digestions of fat.

Mucus Mucus

Mucus basically keeps everything gliding Mucus basically keeps everything gliding along.along.

Chemical digestionChemical digestion

Chemical digestion has a chemical that Chemical digestion has a chemical that breaks down food into simpler breaks down food into simpler compound.compound.

Mechanical digestion Mechanical digestion

Mechanical has a chemical using a Mechanical has a chemical using a chemical to digest and/or break down chemical to digest and/or break down food.food.

Salivary amylaseSalivary amylase

Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates. It is naturally found in carbohydrates. It is naturally found in your saliva.your saliva.

Absorption Absorption

Absorption transfers the nutrients into the Absorption transfers the nutrients into the blood stream.blood stream.

Villi Villi

Villi is the wall of the small intestines.Villi is the wall of the small intestines.

Gastric juices Gastric juices

Gastric juices break down food and Gastric juices break down food and dissolve the nutrients in the food. dissolve the nutrients in the food.

Duodenum Duodenum

Duodenum releases chyle or chyme that Duodenum releases chyle or chyme that commences the acid soup mix.commences the acid soup mix.

Chyme Chyme

Chyme is the mix of food and digestive Chyme is the mix of food and digestive fluids.fluids.

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