Transcript The Digestive System

An adventure
to your
stomach!
• Is home to the teeth, tongue , uvula, and jaw
muscles.
• To begin the digestion process, organisms insert
food Into their mouth
• begin the process of breaking down this food into
small particles.
• Organism swallows it’s food and makes it’s long
voyage down the Esophagi's.
• It is a muscular sack that
holds food while it is
mixing with enzymes
• The lining in the stomach
uses an acid that breaks
down the food
• When these foods are
broken down the stomach
finally releases the food
into the small intestines
• organ that
breaks
down
food the
most
• Uses
glans to
help
break
down
particles
of food.
• is located
near the
stomach
• The small intestine is
22 feet long
• This is where the
food begins
to be mixed with
chemicals
• After it is small
enough to be put to
use
• Villi are small finger
like thing around the
wall that absorb the
food molecules
• Used to digest food
• Located directly under the stomach
intestine
• Helps break down food particles
• What ever the body can not put to use
is sent to the large intestines
• Plants contain cellulose
• The main part of this organ is to
remove the liquids
• An adult esophagus can range
from about ten to fifteen inches
long
• We make one to three pints of
saliva a day
• Muscles move in a wavy form in
order to make the food go down
easy
• It takes every part of your
digestive system even the gull
bladder to digest a single glass
• Food stays in your stomach for
about 2 to 3 hrs.
• Most of us pass somewhere
between 200 and 2,000 ml
of gas per day
• We eat about 500kg of food per
year. 1.7 liters of saliva is
produced each day.
Don’t
make
us eat
you!
Oh
Yo crud
Hairy!