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Digestive System - Coggle Diagram
Digestive System
intestines
large intestine
soak up water, salts and minerals
from the indigestible leftovers
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Mouth
chomp your food, breaking it into smaller bits. Meanwhile, the tongue keeps moving the food around, shifting it to the type of teeth that will be best at munching it
stomach
As soon as food plops inside, the stomach lining releases digestive juices and acid that break down the food even more, killing harmful bacteria
Liver
It’s like a chemical processing factory — blood
carries nutrients there from the small
intestine, then the liver
decides what to do with them
Pancreas
Your pancreas sits just behind the stomach and makes chemicals called enzymes which help digest nutrients in your food. It also makes insulin, a hormone which helps control your blood sugar levels.
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Gallbladder
The role of this green, pear-shaped organ is to store bile and make it thicker and stronger before adding it to the small intestine.
Appendix
Doctors used to think that this thin little organ was useless — a leftover body part from early humans. But today it’s thought that the appendix stores “good bacteria” that can help your digestive system work again after you’ve been poorly.