The Digestive System

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The Digestive System
(Breaking food down into smaller pieces)
Lets find out what happened to your breakfast
today!

• Mouth
• Oesophagus
• Stomach
• Small Intestine
• Liver
• Large Intestine
• Gall Bladder
• Pancreas
• Rectum
• Anus

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Mouth
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Oesophagus
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Stomach

• Stores the food you eat
• Chemically breaks it down into tiny pieces
• Mixes food with digestive juices

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Small Intestine

• Small intestines are roughly 6 metres long.
• Nutrients from the food pass into the bloodstream
  through the small intestine walls.

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Large Intestine

• About 1.5 metres long
• Accepts what small intestines dont absorb.
• Absorbs water and minerals from the waste matter.
• Absorption means taking into the body via the
  blood stream.

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Rectum and Anus

• Rectum
• About 15cm long
• Stores waste before egestion.
• Anus
• Muscular ring that controls egestion.

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Write the name of each colored organ

• Green
• Red
• Pink
• Brown
• Purple
• Green
• Yellow

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Answers

• Green Oesophagus
• Red Stomach
• Pink Small Intestine
• Brown Large Intestine
• Purple Liver
• Green Gall Bladder
• Yellow Pancreas