10. The breakdown of some
food starts in your mouth.
“Your” is an adjective which
Your
shows that you are the
owner of mouth.
11. Sh
e gets rid
Her body
of this waste
through the anus.
12. Breaking down
food
Food has to get into the blood to
be carried
to the body’s cells. Only soluble
food
(food which dissolves) can do this.
Most of the food you eat, however,
is insoluble. Even if you grind it
down finely, it still won’t dissolve.
And so, to make use of it, your
body has to break it down into
13. It takes place in the digestive
system. Breaking down the food
is the job of your digestive
juices. The breakdown of some
food starts in your mouth. There
the food is mixed
with a juice
called saliva which is made
in your
salivary glands. As the food
14. Muscles keep the walls of the
stomach and small intestine
moving. This mixes the food
and digestive juices inside,
speeding up digestion. Muscles
also keep the digestive system.
When the food has been
completely broken down, it is
absorbed into the blood. This
happens in the last part of the
15. Mouth
Mouth
Gullet
Gullet
Stomach
Stomach
Small intestine
Small intestine
Large intestine
Large intestine
