Digestive system

The digestive system acts in stages to digest our food.Each stage is important and prepares the food for the next stage.

Did you know that the entire digestive system is 20 to 30 feet long!

The digestive system breaks down our food to give us energy.It starts in our mouth with the teeth.The food then travels down the oesophagus into the stomach.From there it passes into the intestines.what then happens is it left passes out through the rectum.

Teeth are the white thing in your mouth which help you chew and eat your food properly.

The stomach is an important part of the digestive system.Once the food reaches the stomach, it will remain there for about 4 hours.while it is there, enzymes break down the food.Muscles in the stomach squeeze in ripples to churn up the food.

Small intestine -
After some hours, the stomach passes a thick liquid called chyme onto the small intestine, enzymes continue to break this liquid down but the small intestine is also responsible for absorbing nutrients into the bloodstream.  
Large intestine -
Next , the chyme travels to the large intestine (also known as the bowel or the colon).This is the final stage of the digestion process.