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Physical Education The Digestive System Organs and Functions
Physical Education The Digestive System Organs and Functions
Physical Education The Digestive System Organs and Functions
Mr Thomas
WHAT IS DIGESTION ?
1. Ingestion
2. Digestion
3. Absorption
4. Movement
5. Mechanical and Chemical Digestion
6. Elimination
Ingestion. the process of taking food into the body
through the mouth (as by eating).
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Small Intestine
• Small intestines are roughly 7 meters long
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Large Intestine
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Gall Bladder
• Stores bile from the
liver, releases it into the
small intestine.
• Fatty diets can cause
gallstones
Pancreas
• Produces digestive
enzymes to digest fats,
carbohydrates and
proteins
• Regulates blood sugar
by producing insulin
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