Digestion

Vocabulary
Living Systems

Digestive system Disassembles food into nutrients that cells can

use

Mouth and Teeth Moisten and crush food before it moves through
the esophagus to the stomach

Esophagus Tube connecting the mouth and stomach

Pushes food through by peristalsis - squeezing

Digestive juices Juices added to food in the stomach, small

intestine, and large intestine to help release
nutrients into the bloodstream.

Stomach The organ where food is reduced to mush

by acid and muscle activity (squeezing).
Small Intestine Where digestion really happens.
Nutrients from digested food are absorbed
into the bloodstream.
Large Intestine Water is removed from undigested food,
leaving solid waste.

Colon End of the large intestine where food waste

is compacted and dehydrated

Kidney Filters cellular waste from the blood and

turns it into urine

Urine Liquid waste produced by kidneys

Bladder Organ that stores urine until it is eliminated

How do cells in humans get the nutrients

they need?
The digestion system reduces food to
nutrients. Nutrients pass out of the digestive
system into the bloodstream for transport to
all the cells.
How does the digestive system work?
Physical and chemical processes break
complex food into simple substances as it
progresses from the mouth through the
esophagus to the stomach, small intestine,
large intestine, and colon.

How are cellular wastes removed from

the blood?
Blood filters through the kidneys, which
remove cellular wastes, convert them
into urine and store them in the bladder.
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