5th Grade - Digestive System
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| food enters the body and mixes with saliva |
mouth |
| food travels down this tube that leads to the stomach |
esophagus |
| the food mixes with gastric juices and is broken down even furthder |
stomach |
| food travels through this very long tube that removes most of the nutrients from the food |
small intestines |
| these are in the small intestines and they absorb the nutrients from the food |
villi |
| tube that sucks out all the remaining water from the waste |
large instestines |
| place where waste is stored until it can exit the body |
rectum |
| Where does the nutrients from the food enter the blood stream through the capillaries? |
villi |
| What is the name of the liquid in your mouth that begins breaking down the food and makes it easier to swallow? |
saliva |
| How are the digestive system and circulatory system related? |
the digestive system breaks down the food into its nutrients and the circulatory system delievers the nutrients to the rest of the body |
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