Digestive & Excretory Systems

The digestive system is responsible for bringing food into the body and breaking it
down to useable components. As shown in the diagram below, it starts at the mouth,
where we ingest our food and use our saliva, teeth and tongue to bite and mash it.
The food then travels through the esophagus into the stomach, where strong acids
break it down even further. During the last two stages of digestion, nutrients and
water are absorbed through the small intestine and the large intestine,
respectively. Any remaining waste products are stored in the rectum and eliminated
through the anus.