National Geographic has a fantastic interactive video called Down the Hatch that shows the mouth and its parts up close.

How to explain the digestive system. On its trip its mixed with acids and digestive juices and squeezed and squelched until all the nutrients that the body needs are absorbed. In the mouth stomach and small intestine the mucosa contains tiny glands that produce juices to help digest food. Then the smelly leftovers along with billions of dead bacteria are ready to exit the body.

The human digestive system. When youre ready to swallow the. You can click on each function salivary glands teeth tongue hard and soft palate uvula and epiglottis.

The digestive system is a series of hollow organs joined in a long twisting tube from the mouth to the anus. He mainly tackles the different aspects of science and today he focused on the digestive system. Even before you eat when you smell a tasty food see it or think about it digestion begins.

It takes around 24 hours for your dinner to wind its way through the nine-metre-long digestive tract. There are also two solid digestive organs the liver and the pancreas which. The alimentary canal and the GI tract are terms that are sometimes used interchangeably.

Your digestive system is uniquely constructed to do its job of turning your food into the nutrients and energy you need to survive. Your first step of digestion is now complete. I also discuss the path of f.

Salivary glands release saliva containing digestive enzymes to begin breaking down food while you. Put simply the digestive system is responsible for turning food into the energy thats required for the body to function. Besides fiber one of the things missing from the Western diet is healthy doses of probiotics which are beneficial bacteria that help the immune system.