The Digestive SystemThe Digestive System

The MouthThe Mouth

The digestive system starts at the The digestive system starts at the mouth.mouth.

Salivary glands make food easy Salivary glands make food easy swallow.swallow.

The Epiglottis prevents food from The Epiglottis prevents food from going to the lungs.going to the lungs.

The esophagus is a tube that The esophagus is a tube that carries food to the stomach.carries food to the stomach.

EsophagusEsophagusThe esophagus is a muscular tube The esophagus is a muscular tube

that carries stuff from the throat to that carries stuff from the throat to the stomach.the stomach.

The esophagus uses peristaltic The esophagus uses peristaltic movement to transport stuff to the movement to transport stuff to the stomach.stomach.

StomachStomach

The stomach is connected to The stomach is connected to the small intestine. the small intestine.

The stomach has acid that The stomach has acid that break down food.break down food.

The stomach’s inside wall is The stomach’s inside wall is protected by mucus.protected by mucus.

Gall BladderGall Bladder

The gall bladder stores minerals, salts, The gall bladder stores minerals, salts, and water.and water.

The minerals, salts , and water is The minerals, salts , and water is taken from the liver.taken from the liver.

It’s turned into mucus and released to It’s turned into mucus and released to the stomach.the stomach.

Small and Large IntestineSmall and Large Intestine The small intestine makes The small intestine makes

food less acidic so it can be food less acidic so it can be taken into the blood.taken into the blood.

The muscles of the small The muscles of the small intestine move food in one intestine move food in one direction.direction.

The large intestine helps The large intestine helps digest the food.digest the food.

The waste is then transported The waste is then transported through the large intestine through the large intestine and out the rectum.and out the rectum.

RectumRectum

rectum pushes the waste to the rectum pushes the waste to the anus. Theanus. The

AnusAnus

The anus gets rid of waste.The anus gets rid of waste.

How food goes through the bodyHow food goes through the body

After the food goes through the After the food goes through the bodybody

After food goes through the body ,if you’re After food goes through the body ,if you’re pody trained, it goes into the toilet.pody trained, it goes into the toilet.

Hopefully.Hopefully.

Why you shouldn’t take us off ,you Why you shouldn’t take us off ,you should take the excretory system.should take the excretory system.

We make eating We make eating possible.possible.

If we didn’t eat we If we didn’t eat we would diewould die

We can get rid of We can get rid of liquid tooliquid too

The excretory only The excretory only gets rid of liquid.gets rid of liquid.

Humans could live Humans could live without the excretory without the excretory systemsystem

Fast Facts About The Digestive Fast Facts About The Digestive SystemSystem

It takes about 24 hours, depending on what food It takes about 24 hours, depending on what food it is, for food to be digested.it is, for food to be digested.

We make 1 to 3 pints of saliva a day.We make 1 to 3 pints of saliva a day. An adults esophagus (or gullet) is 10 to 14 An adults esophagus (or gullet) is 10 to 14

inches long and 1 inch wide.inches long and 1 inch wide. An adult stomach can hold up to 1.5 liters of An adult stomach can hold up to 1.5 liters of

food.food. Thanks to the esophagus food will get to the Thanks to the esophagus food will get to the

stomach even if we were on our heads.stomach even if we were on our heads.

More fast facts, sorry we ran out of More fast facts, sorry we ran out of room on the last slideroom on the last slide

The juices that the stomach produce are The juices that the stomach produce are acidic.acidic.

The stomach would digest itself if there The stomach would digest itself if there wasn’t a wall of mucus protecting it.wasn’t a wall of mucus protecting it.

BibliographyBibliography

GoogleGoogleScience BookScience BookKidskonect.com/humanbody/Kidskonect.com/humanbody/

humanbody.htmlhumanbody.htmlKidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody.htmlKidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody.html

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