The main job of the digestive system is to break down food and absorb nutrients.

Food goes directly from the mouth to the stomach.

The liver helps the body digest food.

Saliva helps break down food in the mouth.

The esophagus is a tube that connects the throat to the stomach.

The pancreas produces enzymes that break down fats, proteins, and carbohydrates in the small intestine and secretes bicarbonate to neutralize stomach acid. It alsos produces the insulin hormone.

The digestive process ends in the small intestine.

The small intestine is shorter than the large intestine; It absorbs nutrients (vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, proteins) and water from food so they can be used by the body.

Food takes only 5 minutes to be digested in the stomach.

The large intestine is the final section of the digestive system, absorbing water and electrolytes from indigestible food matter and forming feces to be eliminated from the body.

The stomach is the first organ in the digestive system.

The mouth is where digestion begins.