The Digestive System

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The Digestive System

• BY Julia Parks

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Function

• Breaks down the food
• Gets nutrition out of the food
• The body absorbs the nutrients
• The body gets energy
• Gets ride of the waste from food

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Structure

• Mouth where the food first starts its
  digestive cycle
• Stomach lets out gastric juices to help break
  down the food
• Small Intestine gets chemicals for liver and
  pancreas to break down the food even more

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Relationship to Other Systems

• Cardio Vascular the food gives nutrients to the
  blood so the blood cells will have energy

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Diseases or Conditions

• Obesity more food then your body can take
  Excessive alcohol intake
• Stomach Ulcers a break in the tissue lining of
  the stomach

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Interesting Facts

• Adult intestines about 25 feet long
• Americans eat about 70 million pounds of peanut
  butter
• Eat over 200 million pounds of chocolate a year
• In your life digestive system may handle 50 tons
  of food