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Slide 2 How does the digestive system work? Slide 3 Do you know all the parts of the digestive system? One thing of the digestive is that some of the parts are the mouth and the esophagus. The mouth works on chewing swallowing the food and saliva. A part of your body is the epiglottis. The epiglottis is the opening of your windpipe. Other parts are the stomach and gall bladder. Other parts are small +intestine, appendix, large intestine, and other things. These are all your digestive parts and what you have in your body. Slide 4 How can you keep your digestive system healthy? You could keep your digestive system healthy by drinking water and eating a healthy diet. Another thing to keep your digestive system healthy is by eating fiber. The third thing is by eating fruits and vegetables and whole grain. This is how you can keep your digestive system healthy. Slide 5 How does digestive system work? It mashes up food to get rid of it. First, the food goes through the mouth and through the esophagus. Then, the food goes through the stomach and into the small intestine. Next, the liver makes a yellow-green liquid called bile. Finally, it goes to the large intestine and then it goes out of your body. That is how the parts of the stomach, liver and many other organs works and functions in the digestive system. Slide 6 Do you know what happens inside your stomach? The stomachs job is to store the food you have eaten to break down the food into a liquid mixture. When you drink juice and water, it is in your stomach, and it breaks down and kills bacteria. Our stomach can sometimes make gases when you drink juice or water. When you eat food your food goes inside your stomach then it gets rid off it. This is what happens inside your stomach.