Digestive System
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DIGESTIVE ORGANS
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MOUTH
- Structure
- Teeth, Tounge, and Salvia
- Function
- Breaks down food into smaller pieces and salvia mostires it.
Photo by Dan Queiroz
ESOPHAGOS
- Structure
- Hollow muscular tube
- Function
- Contracts and sends food to stomach
STOMACH
- Structure
- Hollow muscular pouch
- Function
- Uses muscles, acids and other chemicals to break food into smaller pieces.
Photo by Travis S.
SMALL INTESTINE
- Structure
- Two lined with villi
- Function
- Absorbs nutrients into the blood and chemically digest food
LIVER
- Structure
- Large, heavy triangular shaped organ
- Function
- Aids in digestion by producing chemicals that break down food
LARGE INTESTINE
- Structure
- Tube that contracts and pushes waste toward the anus
- Function
- Helps us get rid waste and absorbs water back into the blood
ANUS
- Structure
- Muscular opening
- Function
- Allows waste to exit the body
