Digestive System

Digestion
process of breaking down food molecules are food molecules are
insoluble food into absorbed by blood distributed in the body and
smaller soluble molecules used to gove us energy

Stages of Digestion

Mouth food
ind and chew
Our teeth gr
r piec es
into smalle od with
ur to ng ue mixes the fo
O
saliva and
ens, softens
Saliva moist
s the food
partly digest
Gullet
(Oesophagus)
Partly digested food is pushed
down the muscular tube into the
stomach
also known as the "food pipe"
Stomach
Food is crus
hed into smal
More digestiv ler pieces.
e juice is adde
food. d to the
The food beco
mes soft an
after 2 to 5 d watery
hours

Small Intestine
More digestive juices are added to the food.
Food is broken down into simple substances.
The digested food is absorbed into the
bloodstream.
The undigested food goes into the large
intestine
Liver
Produces bile, a liquid that breaks up

Large Intestine
fats in the food.
Pancreas Rectum
Produces juices that helps break down ested
Water in the undig Solid waste is stored
fats, sugars and starches in food. .
food is absorbed

Anus
Solid waste is passed out