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Digestive System | Thomas Science, Period 4

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stomach, mouth, What Organs Make Up The Digestive System?

gallbladder, pancreas,
small intestine, large
intestine, rectum,
esophagus, liver

The digestive system is What is the digestive system?

a process of how food
gets broken down to
create nutrients for the
body. It also gets rid of
wastes.

Think about this: If you Why do we need the digestive system?

ate a large amount of
food. If you couldn't
break it down, then you
would have a large
amount of food stuck in
your body. It would just
be floating around.

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The digestive system When does the digestive system start?

starts from your mouth
and then goes through
the long digesting
process through your
body.

When you take your first

bite, the chunk of food
goes down the
Esophagus, or the tube,
then it gets broken
down near your
stomach.

excretory system, What systems do the digestive system work with?

circulatory system

mouth The __________ is the beginning of the digestive system.

The ______________ releases acids and enzymes that

stomach digest food. They pyloric sphincter allows food to
travel from the ______________ to the large intestine.

The __________ sits in the right of the belly. It filters

liver blood coming from digestive tract and then passes
it on to the rest of the body.

The __________________ is a long tube that connects the

esophagus
throat to the stomach.

The ____________ is the last straight section of the large

rectum intestine before the anus. This is where the digestive
system comes to an end.
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The ________________ releases juices into the

bloodstream. Enzymes-digestive juices-are
pancreas released from the ________________ to the small intestine.
Once there, it break down foods.

The ____________________________ is between your stomach

small intestine and large intestine. This is where most of the
absorption takes place.

The ____________________________ absorbs water from food

large intestine
matter and gets rid of useless waste.

The ______________________ is under your liver. It stores bile.

Bile helps break down fat from food in your
gallbladder
intestine. The ______________________ sends bile to the
intestine.

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