DIGESTIVEDIGESTIVE

SYSTEMSYSTEMAaron MalkaAaron Malka

Gr.5Gr.5Fessenden SchoolFessenden School

All Major Organs Of The All Major Organs Of The Digestive SystemDigestive System

• stomachstomach• liverliver• gallbladdergallbladder• small Intestinesmall Intestine• large Intestinelarge Intestine• esophagusesophagus• PancreasPancreas• RectumRectum

The LiverThe Liver• the liver cleans your bloodthe liver cleans your blood• makes an important liquid called bilemakes an important liquid called bile• stores energy in the form of sugar called stores energy in the form of sugar called

glycogenglycogen• if you ate something harmful the liver if you ate something harmful the liver

would get rid of itwould get rid of it

The StomachThe Stomach• makes stomach acid and enzyme to makes stomach acid and enzyme to

digest fooddigest food• the structure is a muscular sac used to the structure is a muscular sac used to

break down foodbreak down food• The stomach can be divided into three The stomach can be divided into three

major parts: fundus ,corpus,antrummajor parts: fundus ,corpus,antrum• it lies in between the esophagus and it lies in between the esophagus and

the duodenumthe duodenum

Small IntestineSmall Intestine• this is where most chemical this is where most chemical

digestion takes placedigestion takes place• has 3 parts that are called has 3 parts that are called

the duodenum , the duodenum , jejunum ,and ileum jejunum ,and ileum

• it is 20 feet longit is 20 feet long• it is in between the stomach it is in between the stomach

and the anusand the anus

Large IntestineLarge Intestine• it’s the 3it’s the 3rdrd to last part of the to last part of the

digestive systemdigestive system• it takes the large intestine it takes the large intestine

16 hours to finish up the 16 hours to finish up the processprocess

• it is about 4.9 feet longit is about 4.9 feet long• food is no longer broken food is no longer broken

down here down here

How The Digestive System How The Digestive System works with other body works with other body systemssystems

• the liver sends nutrients around the the liver sends nutrients around the bodybody

• the Liver needs the help of the the Liver needs the help of the circulatory systemcirculatory system

• the blood vessels of the liver give the blood vessels of the liver give the nutrients to the bodythe nutrients to the body

• that's how the digestive system can that's how the digestive system can work with the circulatory systemwork with the circulatory system

Keeping your Digestive Keeping your Digestive system Healthysystem Healthy

• take smaller bitestake smaller bites• drink lots of waterdrink lots of water• eat dried fruiteat dried fruit

Harmful things to your Harmful things to your Digestive systemDigestive system

• stay away from Coca-Cola stay away from Coca-Cola and other acidic beverages and other acidic beverages

• try not to swallow gumtry not to swallow gum• smoking is badsmoking is bad

Diseases of the Digestive Diseases of the Digestive systemsystem

• barrette's esophagusbarrette's esophagus• celic diseasecelic disease• crohns diseasecrohns disease• digestive cancerdigestive cancer• pancreatic cancerpancreatic cancer

Interesting facts on the Interesting facts on the digestive systemdigestive system

• esophagus is 25cm longesophagus is 25cm long• Every day 11.5 litres of digested Every day 11.5 litres of digested

food go through the digestive food go through the digestive systemsystem

• we eat 500kg of food per yearwe eat 500kg of food per year• an adults stomach can hold 1 litre an adults stomach can hold 1 litre

of foodof food• in the mouth, food is either cooled in the mouth, food is either cooled

or warmed to a suitable or warmed to a suitable temperaturetemperature

Sources of INFOSources of INFO

• Wikipedia.comWikipedia.com• answers. COManswers. COM• NDDIC.comNDDIC.com• your digestive your digestive

system(kidsHealth).cosystem(kidsHealth).comm

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