Science

• Parts of the digestive sytem

  • Mouth
  • Esophagus
  • stomach
  • small intestine
  • large intestine
  • rectum
  • anus
• Supporting Organs

  • Throat

  • Liver

  • Pancreas

  • Salivary Gland

  • Gallbladder

  • Appendix
• Digestive Process or Functions

  • ingestion
  • absorption
  • assimilation
  • excretion
• Enzymes (Bile)

  • Chemical Substance
• Ingestion happens through

  • mouth(bolus)
  • esophagus
  • stomach
• absorption happens through small intestine with help of blood starting from the stomach
• assimilation is the distribution of vitamins blood is responsible for distribution and the start of distribution is small intestine
• bolus

  • food that already has saliva
• chime

  • stomach foods
• feces

  • poop
• Enzymes

  • helps our digestive system to dissolve foods
• How many hours does the digestive need to process?

  • 6 hours
• Bile is produced by the liver
• Pancreas produces pancreatic acid
• stomach produces gastric acid, tripsin, pepsin, hydrochloric acid
• mouth produces amylase orginally from salivary gland