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Digestive System (Mouth (Function (Food is broken down into small pieces,…
Digestive System
Mouth
Function
Food is broken down into small pieces
Food is moistened and partly digested by saliva
Teeth chew and tear food into small pieces
Digestion starts here
Consists of teeth, tongue and salivary glands
Gullet
is a tube
Function
Pushes food down from the mouth to the stomach
Stomach
Function
Mixes food with digestive juices and becomes semi-solid
Stores food that has been consumed
Empty the semi-solid food into the small intestine
Small intestine
Function
More digestive juices are mixed with the food
Digestion is completed here
Digested food is absorbed into the bloodstream to be carried away to other parts of the body
Large intestine
Function
Undigested food is passed to this tube
Water is absorbed from the undigested food