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Digestive system

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    digestive system
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  • What are the parts of the digestive system?
    Mouth, oesophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, anum
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  • What is the function of the digestive system?
    Break down food, into small particles (nutrients) to give energy to all the cells
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  • Which are the four main stages of the digestive system?
    Ingestion, digestion, absorption and elimination
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  • What happen in the ingestion? where does it happen?
    Take in food, chew and swallow. It happens in the teeth, mouth.
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  • What happen in the digestion? where does it happen?
    Movement of food. It happens in the oesophagus, stomach and intestines.
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  • What happen in the absorption? where does it happen?
    Small intestine: nutrients. Large intestine: water
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  • What happen in the elimination? Where does it happen?
    We expell waste. It happens in the anus.
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  • What process happen in the oesophagus?
    Peristalsis, by which food is pushed down into your stomach
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  • What happen in the stomach? The bolus of food is combined with....?
    Gastric juices, that breadk down the food and kill dangerous bacteria, forming the chyme.
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  • What liquid is stored in the liver?
    Bile
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  • What happen in the pancreas?
    There are enzymes, that break down the chyme in nutrients: proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals.
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  • What is absorbed in the small intestine?
    Nutrients, that go to the blood.
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  • What is absorbed in the large intestine?
    Water, that mixes with food waste
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