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BY ANGEL MALAPIT8-17
Digestive System
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Introduction
Breaks down food and drinks into smaller molecules
Absorbed in the blood and passed to cells throughout the body
Allows your body to get nutrients
System provides energy and nutrients for the body
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Mouth
Beginning of digestion
Chewing breaks down food into smaller parts
Saliva helps break down in a form your body can absorb
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Esophagus
Located in your throat
Receives food from your mouth
Delivers food down to your stomach
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Stomach
Container that holds food while your body is breaking down food
Where food is liquefied
Released in the small intestine
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Gall Bladder
Stores and concentrates bile
Releases it into the duodenum
Helps absorb and digest fat
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Small Intestine
Long tube beneath the stomach
Protects body from infections
Absorbs nutrients, vitamins, and minerals
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Large Intestine
5 feet long tubeRemoves waste
products from your body
Gets pushed out of your body
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Liver
Makes bileSterilizes the blood
coming from the small intestine
Includes nutrients it just absorbed
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Bibliography
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/#why http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/digestive_system.html http://www.revolutionhealth.com/conditions/digestive/digestive-health/
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