MOUTH: digestion of food begins (starch)
MOUTH: Cut out the appropriate diagram, and leave in the basket at the station.

ESOPHAGUS: food passes to stomach
ESOPHAGUS: pass food through by peristaltic motion

STOMACH: digestion continues (protein)
STOMACH: Cut out the appropriate diagram, and leave in the basket at the station.

LIVER: creates bile which breaks down lipids; detoxifies the blood
GALL BLADDER: stores bile; emulsifier
LIVER and GALL BLADDER: Cut out the appropriate diagram, and leave in the basket at the station.

PANCREAS: produces insulin, which helps to digest glucose
PANCREAS: Cut out the appropriate diagram, and leave in the basket at the station.

SMALL INTESTINE: continuing digestion & absorption (nutrients)
SMALL INTESTINE: Cut out the appropriate diagram, and leave in the basket at the station.

LARGE INTESTINE: absorption (water & minerals)
LARGE INTESTINE: Cut out the appropriate diagram, and leave in the basket at the station.

RECTUM: remaining food passes to anus
ANUS: exit of undigested food
RECTUM: write your name on the remaining food and deposit in the rectum
ANUS: leave undigested food

1.
When you were moving through the digestive system, which organs did the food pass through?
2.
Which organs were important to digestion, but the food did not pass through?
3.
Make a flow-chart (below) showing the passage of food from the mouth to the anus.