Digestive system

Question 0

Salivary glands

Answer 0

Saliva is produced by the glands
It contains enzymes (chemicals which break up food)
Saliva breaks down starch into sugar

Question 1

Mouth

Answer 1

Where digestion begins
The teeth grind up food
It mixes with saliva

Question 2

Oesophagus/gullet

Answer 2

A tube connecting mouth and the stomach
The muscles contract and relax (peristalsis)
This pushes down the food

Question 3

Stomach

Answer 3

Full of hydrochloric acid that is added to food

More saliva is added to break down protein into amino acids

Question 4

Small intestine

Answer 4

Carbs are digested into sugars
Sugar and amino acids are absorbed into bloodstream in the small
Food substances are absorbed

Question 5

Large intestine

Answer 5

Removed water from food that cannot be digested

Question 6

Rectum

Answer 6

Non-digested food is turned into faeces(poo!!!)

It stored faeces here

Question 7

Anus

Answer 7

Faeces is finally pushed out the anus

This is called elimination of egestion

Question 8

How is it carried around the body

Answer 8

By the circulatory system