Mouth

This is where digestion

begins. Food is chewed into
smaller pieces and mixed
with saliva.
Saliva
The saliva makes food easier to
swallow and contains amylase
(an enzyme) that breaks down
starch (found in bread, rice and
pasta) into sugar.
Oesophagus
A tube that links the mouth to
the stomach. The chewed food passes
through the oesophagus to the
stomach.
Stomach
In the stomach the chewed food is mixed
with acids and enzymes to form a soft
paste.
Small intestine
In the small intestine, bile is added from the
liver, this helps to break down fats and oils.
Enzymes are also added from the pancreas.
These break down other fats, and proteins
and sugars, as the food is squeezed along
the small intestine. The nutrients from the
food are now ready to enter the blood.
Large intestine
 The parts of the food that have not
passed into the blood in the small
intestine are passed to the large
intestine. In the large intestine, water
enters the body. Waste food then
passes out of the body into the toilet.