Digestive+System


 * **Exploring the System-** Saliva breaks down your food. Teeth break up the food into smaller pieces. Acids in the stomach turns into a liquid mush. The small intestine extracts the liquid and nutriance. The large intestine absorbes the liquid and gets the waste ready for removal.


 * Enzyme- substances that increase the speed of chemical reation. -Holt Biology Book

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 * **Major Organs-** Stomach, Small intestine, large intestine, Liver, Gallbladder.


 * Picture from: [|http://www.nlm.nih.gov]


 * **Functions-** The primary function of the digestive system is to break down the food we eat into smaller parts so the body can use the liquid and nourish cells and provide energy.


 * **Interrelationships-**
 * 1) Integumentary system- Obtains potective fat and oils from your digestive system from the foods we eat.
 * 2) Skeletal System- The digestive system needs food to be ginded down into tiny pieces called pulp, so it's easier to swallow and digest. The bones also provide protection.
 * 1) Skeletal System- The digestive system needs food to be ginded down into tiny pieces called pulp, so it's easier to swallow and digest. The bones also provide protection.


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 * Brandon Odum
 * Ethan Brown