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How The Digestive System Works - Flow Chart

The digestion system works by breaking down food through a multi-step process. Food enters the mouth and is chewed and mixed with saliva before moving to the stomach through the esophagus. In the stomach, food is blended with acids and enzymes. It then moves to the small intestine where it is further broken down with juices from the liver and pancreas. Undigested food then moves to the large intestine where water is absorbed before solid waste exits the body through the anus.

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How The Digestive System Works - Flow Chart

The digestion system works by breaking down food through a multi-step process. Food enters the mouth and is chewed and mixed with saliva before moving to the stomach through the esophagus. In the stomach, food is blended with acids and enzymes. It then moves to the small intestine where it is further broken down with juices from the liver and pancreas. Undigested food then moves to the large intestine where water is absorbed before solid waste exits the body through the anus.

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How the digestion

system works
Celina Rampersad
1. Mouth

• When food enters the mouth it is


chewed by the teeth, saliva,
secreted by the salivary glands
beneath the tongue, starts
digesting the carbohydrates

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2. Esophagus
Muscles, in a process called peristalsis push the food down into
your stomach

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3. Stomach
• Everything is blended with digestive juices. Hydrochloric acid
kills bacteria, enzymes break down proteins.

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4. Liver
A green liquid called bile, which is stored in your liver, is secreted to break down
fats

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5. Pancreas

• Many kinds of digestive


enzymes are made here
6. Small intestine

• Food is mixed with bile from your


liver and juices from your
pancreas to be sent back to your
liver for more processing

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7. Large intestine
• Indigestible food and water are processed, stored and dispersed

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8. Anus

• Solid waste passes


from the rectum in
order to leave your
body

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