Y8 Digesting Flashcards
What is obesity?
When someone eats to much food and then becomes to fat to do certain things.
What is starvation?
When someone has not had anything to eat and they are so hungry that they might die.
What does the mouth do in the digestive system?
It breaks down the food into smaller pieces.
What does the oesophagus do in the digestive system?
It takes the food down to the stomach.
What does the stomach do in the digestive system?
It breaks the food down to make it even smaller.
What does the small intestine do in the digestive system?
It absorbs most of the nutrients using bile.
What does the liver do in the digestive system?
It creates bile.
What does the gall bladder do in the digestive system?
It stores bile.
What does the large intestine do in the digestive system?
It absorbs any remaining moisture.
What does the rectum/anus do in the digestive system?
It gets rid of any remaining substances in the form of poo.
