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Digestive syestem
by: Samerah Johnson
Mouth
A mouth is below your nose and above your chin. This area holds
your teeth and tough, your teeth help you crunch your food in to bits
so that way you would be able to swollow it and put it in your system.
Your lips are to help you speak and to smile nice./www.Ask.com
Esophagus
The esophagus is a tube that transports
saliva, liquids and foods from the mouth
to the stomach. The esophagus is about
23 to 25cm long. The esophagus
connects your neck to your
stomach./www.Ask.com
Stomach
The stomach is a place were your food has
been broken down from your mouth into
the stomach. Your stomach digests your
food and turned into fecces./www.Ask.com
Small intestine
The small intestine is a place were
the final breakdown is made for the
food and it enters the
bloodstream./www.Ask.com
Large intestine
The large intestine is the area in the body that
helps digest food that passes out of the
stomach./www.Ask.com
Liver
The liver is located in the upper right of the body. The liver weighs
about 3 pounds and is the largest organ in the body/www.Ask.com
Appendix
An appendix is a organ that every female
human has at birth. The appendix is
attached to the small
intestine./www.Ask.com
Pancreas
The pancreas is apart of the digestive
system and is located below the
stomach./www.Ask.com
Gall bladder
The gall bladder is pear shaped organ
located on the liver that stores
bile./www.Ask.com
Enzymes
Enzymes is a organ that breaks down we eat. an
Enzymes is a complex protein.
Bile / bile duct
a yellow or greenish viscid alkaline
fluid secreted by the liver and passed
into the duodenum where it aids
especially in the emulsification and
absorption of fats—called also
Mucus
a viscid slippery secretion that is
usually rich in mucins and is produced
by mucous membranes which it
moistens and protects
Chemical Digestion
Digestion is the process by which nutrients
are extracted from food and absorbed by
the body. The first stage of this process is
called mechanical digestion and involves
food being chewed and swallowed.
Absorption
the process of absorbing or of being
absorbed — compare adsorption
Mechanical Digestion
Mechanical digestion breaks down food
into smaller tiny bits of food.
Salivary Amylase
of or relating to saliva or the glands that
secrete it; : producing or carrying
saliva./www.Ask.com
Villi
Villi is like appendages that line the small
intestine. The villi helps in digestine do to
their rich blood supply and single celled
wall./www.Ask.com
Gastric Juices
Gastric Juices are a secretion of the
stomach that breaks down the protiens we
eat so that food is able to be
digested./www.Ask.com
Duodenum
The duodenum connects the stomach to
the small intestine and can be helpful
and digest food./www.Ask.com
Chyme
The chyme is a organ which food passes
through and is turned into gastric secretion
and which passes from the stomach into
the small intestine./www.Ask.com
Bibliography
I found my information at www.Ask.com or if
I didn’t get enough I would go to
www.Wikipiedia.com I got my pictures at
www.Shutterstock.com
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