The Digestive System Digestive System is approximately 8 meters long.
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Shenna Fauni
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Digestive System
Breaks down food to be used as energy.
Energy used for activities and organs
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ESOPHAGUS
Looks like a long tube
Located between stomach and throat
Where food goes down
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STOMACH Sac like organ
Where food is bath in acid
Digest food
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LIVER Large and triangular
shaped
Located behind the ribs
Filters waste in blood
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PANCREAS Comma shaped
Located behind the stomach
Makes powerful enzymes to help break down food
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SMALL INTESTINE
6 metre long
Located in the middle of the abdomen
Digest carbohydrates, proteins and fat
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LARGE INTESTINE
1.5 meter long
Absorbs specific nutrients
Harmless bacteriasdigest rest of the food
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RECTUM
8 inch long
Stores waste until excreted out
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Information Sources (URL) http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000126.html
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/digestive-system-article.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/digestive/
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/
http://www.hepb.org/pdf/the_liver.pdf
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/transplants/pancreas.html
http://coloncancer.about.com/od/faqs/f/Rectum.htm\
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Picture Sources (URL) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/image
pages/9390.htm (rectum)
http://health.allrefer.com/health/bowel-resection-the-large-intestine.html(large intestine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/8756.htm (esophagus)
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourViewCategory.cgi?category_id=16798&tour_id=13125 (small intestine)
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Picture Sources (URL) http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/Health-
and-Beauty/Human-Body/Endocrine-System/Pancreas/Pancreas-1.html (pancreas)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/stomachdisorders.html (stomach)
http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/picture-of-the-liver (liver)
http://mssilvia7th.blogspot.com/2009/11/2nd-period-quiz-3_23.html (digestive system)