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Title: Roles in the digestive system
Description: All the roles in the human digestive system
Description: All the roles in the human digestive system
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Digestive System
Mouth
Food is mixed up with saliva and chewed to
break it up into smaller pieces
...
It makes bile emulsify fats so that they
can mix with digestive juices
Gall Bladder
Stores bile made by the liver
...
DUODENUM
First part of the small intestine
...
Large Intestine (or colon)
Absorbs water from the chyme into the
blood, leaving the solid waste called
faeces
...
Saliva also
contains ptyalin, an enzyme which starts
the digestion of starch
Epiglottis
Flap, which closes the windpipe when
swallowing
Oesophagus (gullet)
STOMACH
Pancreas
Small Intestine (or ileum)
ANUS
Tube from mouth to stomach
acts as a reservoir for food while it is
churned and mixed with the gastric
(stomach juice)
A gland which makes pancreatic juice
...
A tube about 6m long
...
The final sphincter
Title: Roles in the digestive system
Description: All the roles in the human digestive system
Description: All the roles in the human digestive system