Transcript Slide 1

By Logan
and Mia
Do you want
to know how
your body
breaks your
food up?
Read on
to find out
more…
The job of your digestive
system is to break the food
that you eat into useful
molecules. These molecules are
used to give you energy make
you grow. Also it makes your
body function properly.
Teeth and
saliva cut
down your
food into
small bits
When your
food goes
down your
oesophagus
it lands into
your
stomach.
Quickly
the Food
particles
begin to
mix with
stomach
acids
and
enzymes
to break
down the
food
Liver make
bile which
helps take
good things
out of your
food .
It turns
nutrients
into
things
your body
needs
From
stomach to
the small
intestines
this where
most of the
digesting
take place.
This turns the
waste food
into faeces[
poo ] and
carries it to
the rectum.
holds the
faeces
until you're
able to go
toilet
In human beings the pancreas is soft and yellowish. It is about 6 to 8
inches (15 to 20 centimeters) long and about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters)
thick. It lies behind the stomach on the left side of the body.
When food enters the small intestine, the intestine releases hormones. These
hormones cause the pancreas to produce digestive enzymes. The enzymes
travel through tubes from the pancreas into the small intestine. There the
enzymes help digest fats, starches, and proteins.
The pancreas also produces hormones. They are called insulin and
glucagon. The job of these hormones is to control the amount of glucose,
or sugar, in the blood. Glucose is the main source of energy for the
body's cells