Science ( Metabolism & Digestive System )

Metabolism

The process your body uses to turn food you eat into energy

What’s another name for the large intestine ?

Colon

Energy

You need it to do everything

How it works :

1. Breaks it down using digestion

2. Takes the nutrients ( sugar, protein,fat )

3. Uses those nutrients to give you energy or store it for later

Salivary Glands

Produce saliva to moisten food & began digestion

Appendix

small sac ; thought to play a role in gut immunty

2 examples of metabolism

Sleeping & growing taller

Why is everyone’s metabolism a lil different ?

Some ppl burn energy faster than others

Some ppl burn energy slower than others

Main sugars :

Glucose,fructose ,sucrose,lactose

Digestive system

The group of organs that work together to break down food we eat into smaller pieces

What are all the parts :

Mouth salivary glands esophagus liver stomach gallbladder pancreas large intestine small intestine appendix rectum anus

Mouth

Chews food & mixes it with saliva

esophagus

A tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach

Stomach

Mixes food with strong juices

Small intestine

Takes in nutrients from the food

Liver

Makes bile = a juice that helps break down fats

Gallbladder

Stores bile & sends it to the small intestine when needed

Pancreas

Makes juices that help digest food & control sugar

Large intestine

Takes water out of leftover food & turns it into waste

Rectum & anus

= Stores poop = Releases poop

How does the digestive system & metabolism work together ?

1 ) breaks food into tiny piece

2) uses those pieces to give ur body energy