The document summarizes the early stages of the digestive system, beginning with food being chewed and passing through the esophagus into the stomach. In the stomach, enzymes break down the food which then moves into the small intestine for further digestion with help from bile from the gallbladder. The small intestine, which is 5 meters long, squeezes to force nutrients through microscopic holes into the bloodstream. Some additional facts provided are that the stomach holds 1.5 liters and the adult intestines are 25 feet long.
2. The start of the digestive
system
First you chew
your food and
it goes down
your
esophagus to
your stomach.
3. When your food
reaches your stomach
most of it gets broken
down by the enzymes
in your stomach. Then
the partly digested food
goes on a little trip to
your small intestine.
4. The small intestine
Then the food reaches the
small intestine
which is a constantly
squeezing 5 meter long
tube. The gall bladder
makes a liquid called bile.
Bile helps with the
digesting in your intestine.
5. The small intestine continued
The small intestine has
some microscopic holes
on the side, so each time
it squeezes the nutrients
are forced through the
holes and into your
blood.
8. Some interesting facts I learned
were:
An adults stomach can hold approximately 1.5 liters of material.
Did you know that an adults intestines are 25 feet long! Be
glad that your not a horse because a fully grown horse carries
around intestines that are 89 feet when they are coiled up!
