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By: Ava, Henry, Sam and Julia
Digestive System and what it does For our
body cells
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The food you eat changes into nutrients in the digestive
system.
The Digestion system breaks down food into nutrients
witch the body uses for growth, repairs cells and also
gives the body energy to move walk and all the other
daily activities you do. Nutrients gets absorbed by blood
then taken throughout the body. Your digestive system
doesn’t just absorb nutrients but it also gets rid of waste
in food than removes after everything has been digested
and all the nutrients is then removed from the waste.
Mouth and Teeth
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the mouth and teeth is the organ that
chews up food and breaks it down through
saliva so it will fit through the esophagus.
The Esophagus
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The esophagus is in your throat it has
muscles along the side and it pushes
the food down to your stomach.
The Liver
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Liver, the livers main function is to process
nutrients absorbed from the small intestine.
The liver also takes raw material absorbed
by the intestine and makes all the various
chemicals the body needs to function.
The Stomach
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The stomach mashes the food and the acids
turns it to mush.
The Gall-Bladder
The Gallbladder stores and concentrate bile
then releases into duodenum to help absorb
and digests fats.
 It produces bile which helps break down your
food so you can digest it.
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The large intestine
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The major function of the large intestine is to
absorb water from the remaining indigestible
food matter and transmit the useless waste
material from the body.
Small Instestine
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The small intestine is made up of three parts
Duodenum, Jejunum, and the Ileum. Ileum and the
Jejunum have the same function which is to absorb
nutrients and place it in the blood stream then on the
other hand the duodenum picks up partially digested
food. The small intestine is a long muscular tube that
breaks down food.
Rectum
The main function of the rectum is to act as a temporary
storage site for fecal matter before it is eliminated from the
body through the anal canal. The rectum holds the feces until
you push it out of the body, through the anal canal, by having
a bowel movement.
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Read more
: http://www.ehow.com/about_4572120_
what-function-rectum.html
The colon
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One of the main functions of the colon is to remove
the water and other key nutrients from waste material
and recycle it back into the body.
10 Fun Facts
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1. An adult esophagus ranges from 10 to 14 inches in length, and 1 inch in
diameter.
2. We make 1 to 3 pints of saliva a day.
3. It takes your mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine,
gallbladder, pancreas and liver just to digest a glass of milk..
4. An adults stomach can hold approximately 1.5 liters of material.
5. The average male will eat about 50 tons of food during his lifetime in
order to sustain a weight of 150 pounds.
6. Within the colon, a typical person harbors more than 400 distinct species
of bacteria
7. The liver is the largest organ in the body and performs more than 500
functions.
8. The small intestine is a long tube about 1 and a half to 2 inches around,
and about 22 feet long.
9. A full grown horses small intestine is 89 feet long.
10. Food stays in your stomach for 2 to 3 hours.
diseases
The Wilson disease is something that
prevents the body from removing extra
copper from the body. Copper is absorbed
from food and excess excreted through
bile. When there is too much in your body it
starts going to your brain liver and other
vital organs.
 Eat healthy and drink lots of water.
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Other systems that work with the
digestive system
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the digestive system breaks down the food and then the
excretory system takes all the extra stuff that the body
couldn't use and releases it from the body.
the respiratory and the digestive systems work together to
provide energy to body cells.
If the digestive system stopped working the nutrients
wouldn’t give energy to your cells so your respiratory system
wouldn’t have anything to help get energy to your cells.
If the digestive system stopped working there would be no
waste to release from the excretory system.
sources
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http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-Does-theLarge-Intestine-Do.aspx
The digestive system by Darlene R Stille
http://www.answers.com
The dynamic digestive system
Brain pop
www.niddk.nm.gov/health.../health.../digestivedisease/.../default.aspx
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/disease/hic
The structure and function of the digestive system