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A seven part series exploring the fantastic world of science.
 
Find out how your body processes food.
Mouth
The teeth in your mouth areinvolved in the first stage ofdigestion. Teeth are used tobite and chew food, whichis then mixed with saliva.
Gullet
When you swallow your foodit travels from your mouth toyour stomach down throughyour gullet (oesophagus).
Stomach
 Your stomach contains verystrong acid, which helps tobreak down your food as itchurns. The stomach has amucous lining to protect the stom-ach wall from the acid.Food can spend several hoursin your stomach. During thistime the food is turned into acreamy mixture called chyme.
Small Intestine
The chyme leaves your stomachand enters the small intestine. As the chyme passes throughthe small intestine the nutrientsare absorbed into the bloodstream.The chyme is pushed through thedigestive system by contractingmuscles, this is called peristalsis.
This is a picture taken insidethe intestine.
Large Intestine
 After leaving the small intestine,the chyme enters the large intes-tine. As the chyme passesthrough the large intestine thewater is absorbed. The wasteproducts that are left are thenexcreted from the body throughthe rectum.
If you were to pull out your smalland large intestines, they wouldstretch for 9 metres. That’s nearlyas long as a double decker bus!
Copy and cut out the descriptions on the activity sheet.Match them to the correct organ in the body using theposter inside.
Have a go!
Did you know?Did you know?
 
Find out how your body gets rid of waste products.
Bladder
The waste product of your kidneys is called
urine
.Urine contains any
excess water
and all
unwantedsubstances
that your kidneys have filtered out ofyour blood.
Urine
is then transported from your
kidneys
to your
bladder
by two tubes called
ureters
. The urine is stored in your bladder untilyou visit the toilet and excrete it.
Kidneys
 You have
two kidneys
. These are bean shapedorgans the size of your fist that are located inthe middle of your back, just below your rib cage. Although your kidneys are quite small they receiveone fifth of the blood pumped around your bodyby your heart. Your kidneys receive so much bloodbecause their main function is to
clean and filter
it.
That urine contains
ammonia
, whichis good to treat jelly fish stings with!
Did you know?Did you know?
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