8.1 The Digestive system

Everything you eat goes into your ....................

• gut

• lungs

• nerve

A long tube that winds its way from your mouth to your rectum.

• Nervous system.

• Alimentary canal.

• circulatory system.

Inside your gut, these big food molecules (starch, fats, and proteins) are broken down to make small molecules your body can use.

• True

• False

Name the organ number 1.

• Gullet

• Liver

• Stomach

Name the organ number 2.

• Rectum

• Liver

• Stomach

Name the organ number 1.

• Pancreas

• Large intestine

• Liver

Name the organ number 4.

• Liver

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

Name the organ number 5.

• Rectum

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

........................................breaks down food into small molecules that can enter your blood.

• Respiration.

• Digestion .

• Constipation.

Your teeth makes the large molecules in the food smaller.

• Peristalsis.

• Chemical digestion.

• Mechanical digestion.