The Digestive System

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Prepared as a demo for 6th grade Science classes

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The Digestive System

by Mrs Bartels

What’s it for?

In the beginning…

Thechewed up brownie

starts on its path

and winds up

in the stomach

Stomach to Small Intestine

Enzymes from the Pancreas

Bile from the Liver

(stored in the Gall Bladder)

Pancreas

Liver

Pancreas & Liver close up!

Once in the Large Intestine,

the brownie is almost finished with its journey

Large Intestine to Anus completes the brownie’s trip

Bibliography• FACTS• Specialties and Systems: Gastroenterologists–The Digestive System, Code Blue Student Guide Booklet, 2003 interact• A Tour Through The Digestive System, a school report by Laurie Sax

• IMAGES• Full System – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/8710.htm• Question Mark – image from a photo of a M.I.T. building interior, Cambridge, MA, taken by Mrs Bartels• Brownie image – http://www.flickr.com/photos/fiikus/2396377686/• Mouth – http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/08/01/health/adam/8880Mouthanatomy.html• Esophagus – http://www.sts.org/sections/patientinformation/esophageal/barretts/• Small Intestine – http://www.integris-health.com/INTEGRIS/en-US/Specialties/A-F/Digestive/Technology/

doubleBalloonMore.htm• Pancreas – http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/pancreas/anatomy.html• Liver – http://vrai-group.epfl.ch/page7706.html• The Digestive System – http://www.burtonschools.org/JMA/new_page_13.htm• Anus – http://64.143.176.9/library/healthguide/en-us/support/topic.asp?hwid=tp12580• Interactive Tour – http://www.uofmchildrenshospital.org/misc/movie/bodybasics/digestive_system.htm

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