SAM WARKENTIN

The Digestive System

Mouth

breaks down food into small pieces

Chews food helps digest food Teeth help chew food

Esophagus

Recieves food from mouth when swallowing

A tube that connects to the stomach

Food goes down tube

Stomach

Holds food when being broken down(digested)

Stores food Were food goes

Liver

Processes nutrients absorbed by small intestine

Helps bile production

Small Intestine

Breaks down food that you eat

Uses enzymes to break down food

Rectum

8 inch chamber that connects anus to colon

Part of the gastrointestinal system

Were feces are stored before coming out the anus

Gallbladder

Pear shaped organStores and

concentrates bileLocated in abdomen Stores 50 ml of acidic

liquid (bile)

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