Digestion begins in the mouth with ingestion.

How to explain the digestive system. I also discuss the path of f. Then the smelly leftovers along with billions of dead bacteria are ready to exit the body. Your first step of digestion is now complete.

This weeks lesson was centered around the functions of the mouth. By losing weight you are easing pressure and allowing your digestive system to carry on properly. National Geographic has a fantastic interactive video called Down the Hatch that shows the mouth and its parts up close.

The GI tract is a series of hollow organs joined in a long twisting tube from the mouth to the anus. When you do eat the saliva breaks down the chemicals in the food a bit which helps make the food mushy and easy to swallow. The digestive system is made up of the gastrointestinal tractalso called the GI tract or digestive tractand the liver pancreas and gallbladder.

There are also two solid digestive organs the liver and the pancreas which. A group of organs that work together in the body The digestive system is the group of organs that work together to help your body turn the food you eat into energy. The digestive system is a series of hollow organs joined in a long twisting tube from the mouth to the anus.

Put simply the digestive system is responsible for turning food into the energy thats required for the body to function. The main organs that make up the digestive system in order of their function are the mouth esophagus stomach small intestine large intestine rectum. In the mouth stomach and small intestine the mucosa contains tiny glands that produce juices to help digest food.

The digestive system is comprised of the alimentary canal or the digestive tract and other accessory organs that play a part in digestionsuch as the liver the gallbladder and the pancreas. How do your muscles help the digestive system. And when its done with that it handily packages your solid waste or stool for disposal when you have a bowel movement.