Digestive system

Shenna Fauni

8-14

Digestive System

Breaks down food to be used as energy.

Energy used for activities and organs

ESOPHAGUS

Looks like a long tube

Located between stomach and throat

Where food goes down

STOMACH Sac like organ

Where food is bath in acid

Digest food

LIVER Large and triangular

shaped

Located behind the ribs

Filters waste in blood

PANCREAS Comma shaped

Located behind the stomach

Makes powerful enzymes to help break down food

SMALL INTESTINE

6 metre long

Located in the middle of the abdomen

Digest carbohydrates, proteins and fat

LARGE INTESTINE

1.5 meter long

Absorbs specific nutrients

Harmless bacteriasdigest rest of the food

RECTUM

8 inch long

Stores waste until excreted out

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\

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)

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)