Digestive system

What does the digestive system do?

What does the digestive system do?

Take in, and break down food and solid waste

Mouth / Chemical digestion

breaks down food using enzymes in the saliva

Esophagus

is a tube filled with smooth muscles that slowly move the food down from the mouth to the stomach

What is the process that the esophagus uses ?

Peristalsis

Stomach

holds the food and mixes it with acid + enzymes that continues to break the food down into liquid/paste

Small intestine

takes the nutrients needed for the body from the broken down food and gets rid of useless ones

Liver

breaks down, balances and creates the nutrients + absorbs drugs in forms that are easier to use

Gall bladder

Stores bile & thick liquids that are produced by the liver to help digest fat

Pancreas

produces enzymes that help digest food and specific proteins

Large Intestine

takes water and electrolytes, produces and takes vitamins and forms fences toward the rectum for removal