1. The Digestive System

2. What is the Function?
Produces various chemicals to break down the food.
Filters out harmful substances.
Gets rid of solid wastes.

3. The Digestive Tract Where does food pass through?
Mouth
Esophagus
Stomach
Small Intestine
Large Intestine
Gall Bladder
Liver
Pancreas
TRACT
Helpers

4. What is the Esophagus
the tube that connects your mouth to your stomach

5. What is the Stomach What is the function of your Stomach?
A stretchy bag that holds your food after you eat (temporary storage)
What is the function of your Stomach?
Helps to chemically break food into smaller pieces so your body can use it for energy and nutrition

6. Esophagus
Stomach

7. What is the Small Intestine
Connected to the stomach and large intestine.
Tube that is 20 feet long.
Continues to digest food
Food stays in your small intestine for 4 to 8 hours

8. Small Intestine

9. What is the Large Intestine
Continues the digestion process – absorbs water and vitamins
Tube that is 5 feet long
Waste stays for 10 to 12 hours

10. Large Intestine

11. What is the function of the Liver
Factory for antibodies and bile
Largest organ WITHIN the body
Stores vitamins and sugars until your body needs them
Food does NOT pass through this organ

12. Liver

13. What does the Gall Bladder do?
Storage tank for bile which helps your body break down and use fats
Located under your liver
Shaped like a pear

14. Gall Bladder

15. What is the function of the Pancreas?
Helps you digest food by breaking down sugars
Produces insulin

16. Drink plenty of water

17. Chew your food completely before you swallow

18. Avoid foods high in fat

19. Interesting Facts
Food is in your digestive system for about 24 hours

20. You have a trap door called the epiglottis to cover your windpipe when you swallow.

21. Your stomach mashes your food the way a baker kneads dough for bread.

22. What are the 2 types of Digestion?
Mechanical
Chemical

23. What is Mechanical Digestion?
Changes the physical form of food
Chew
Tear
Grind
Mash
Mix

24. What is Chemical Digestion?
Changes the chemical composition of food with the aid of digestive enzymes
Breaks large molecules of food into very tiny molecules that can be absorbed and used by the cells in the form of nutrition.