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Mouth through your stomach!

Mouth through your stomach!. The journey through your digestive system!. M outh. Lets begin our journey! The first step on the digestive system is eating. When you put food in your mouth you have to chew it up so it doesn’t get caught in your throat. Epiglottis.

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Mouth through your stomach!

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  1. Mouth through your stomach! The journey through your digestive system!

  2. Mouth • Lets begin our journey! The first step on the digestive system is eating. When you put food in your mouth you have to chew it up so it doesn’t get caught in your throat.

  3. Epiglottis • The Epiglottis is a kind of tissue. The tissue covers the opening to the larynx. Without the Epiglottis your food might get caught in your larynx.

  4. Liver • The liver is the bodies largest internal organ. It stores the bodies energy and get rid of the toxins.

  5. Gallbladder • A gallbladder is a pouch that stores bile. It releases bile into the duodenum. It also digests the fat you eat.

  6. Stomach • The stomach has a lining thatis really tough. Its tough enough to hold up in the highly acidic environment.

  7. Pancreas • The pancreas makes hormones including insulin to regulate the blood glucose levels. It also makes enzymes to break down food in the intestines.

  8. Large Intestine • The large intestine consists of three parts the cecum , colon, and the rectum.

  9. Small Intestines The small intestine is called small because of its width not its length. Its actually much larger than the large intestine. The small and large intestine form acontinuous tube.

  10. Appendix • The appendix is attached to the cecum. When it gets inflamed its called appendicitis.

  11. Anus The anus marks the exit of the digestive track were the feces leave the body.

  12. Did you know? • Muscles squeeze to push food to your stomach. • Sometimes your stomach churns when there is no drink in it. • Food goes to the stomach to the small intestine waste. goes out through you large intestine. • Did you know, when your stomach gurgles it means that it has no food to digest?

  13. Thank you! • Thank you for watching our slide show! Our whole team really worked hard to put this together • By, Jaqi, Chris, Robert, Sage and Matt

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