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Our digestive system breaks down food...
into small particles called nutrients.
We need nutrients to get energy and...
to grow.
In our mouths, food is broken by... and mixed with...
the teeth and mixed with saliva.
Food goes down a tube called...
esophagus.
The gastric juices make the food into...
a thick liquid.
There are ... in the small intestine.
blood vessels
The waste passes through...
the large intestine.
The waste, called faeces, leaves the body using...
the anus.
Digestion takes place in the...
small intestine.
Some nutrients are also digested...
in the mouth and stomach.
Some substances pass into the blood without being digested:
water, mimerals and blood.
