Discussion NOTES

Function of large intestine:

Absorbs water from undigested
food.

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Rectum is the place where the waste materials are stored before they are passed out

Our mouth has saliva,

which is a digestive juice.
Mouth is where digestion
starts.

partly
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Flow in which food

is digested in the digestive system:

Mouth-> gullet-> stomach ->

small intestine -> large intestine
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 Gullet allows food to pass/flow from the mouth to the stomach.

Students must be able to identify

the parts in the digestive system
and relate the functions.

At the small intestine:

1) Digestion is completed/ Food
is totally digested.
2) Digested food is ABSORBED into stomach (has digestive juice)
the bloodstream Function of large intestine:
Absorbs water from undigested
food.

small intestine

large intestine

Which parts in the

digestive system has
digestion/ digestive
juice?
digestive juice 3
1) mouth
2) stomach
3) small intestine
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Function of teeth:
Chews the food and break
them down into smaller NOT
simpler substances

Small intestine: breaks

food down into simpler
sunstances
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Digested food

Digested food
is absorbed into
walls of the bloodstream
in the small intestine