Digestive system simulation

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Digestive system simulation

• If I give myself a cookiewhere will it go?

Laura Ribail
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The digestive system

• Organ system designed to break down food into
  nutrients that are absorbed into the bloodstream
• Organs mouth, esophagus, stomach, small
  intestine, large intestine, rectum/anus

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Munch. Crunch. Its in your mouth.
What type of digestion occurs in your mouth?
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The food tube the esophagus
What type of movement helps your food travel
through the esophagus?
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The stomach
How long does food stay in the stomach? What
happens there?
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The gall bladder
Why is the gall bladder important to digestion?
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The small (but long) Intestines
Describe the small intestines. Why is it covered
with capillaries?
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The large intestine
What items make it to the large intestines?
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The rectum and anus
Name one thing that you learned about this part
of the digestive system.
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The end of the digestive process
What do all those little strips of index cards
represent?
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Evaluation

• What is the digestive system?
• Name the major organs of the digestive system.
• How long does the digestive process take?
• What is the purpose of the gall bladder in
  digestion?
• What are the 2 major types of digestion? Where
  are those 2 types seen in the digestive process?