THE DIGESTIVE

SYSTEMBy: I S Mokhomong

Grade 10(life sciences)

THE

• Made of group of organs.

• Needed for digesting food.

• Helps you get energy.

• Has 11 different organs.

MOUTH

• The first part of the digestive system.

• Takes food into stomach.

• Opening on the head with teeth.

THE

• A tube that goes to throat.

• It stretches out to the stomach.

• An adult length is about 25 cm long.

THE

• It has a shape of a sac.

• It is muscular, elastic, and lying clockwise.

• Used for digestion.

THE

• Cleans the blood.

• Maintain proper glucose in blood.

• Largest glandular organ.

GALLBL

• a small pear-shaped organ that stores and concentrates bile

• connected to the liver by the hepatic duct

• approximately 3 to 4 inches (7.6 to 10.2 cm) long and about 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide.

THE SMALL INTESTINE

• Absorbs nutrients.

• Finishes digestion process.

• Passed the large intestine.

The large intestine

• Collects waste.

• Processed faeces.

• Just above small intestine.

RECTUM

• Rectum is an 8-inch chamber that connects the colon to the anus.

• The rectum’s job is to receive stool from the colon.

THE

• An opening in the body.

• Dispose faeces.

• Faeces pass the rectum.

BIBLIOGRAPHYSOURCE

• http://www.cchs.net/health/health-info/docs/1600/1699.asp?index=7041

• http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/

• http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/digestiveproblems/a/DigestiveSystem.htm

• http://kidshealth.org/misc/movie/bodybasics/digestive_system.htmlhttp://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/digestive_system.html

• http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/1600/1699.asp?index=7041

• http://www.mamashealth.com/organs/gallbladder.asp

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