MOUTH

The mouth is the area in which food is placed in

SALIVARY
order for digestion toGLANDS
start. Physical breakdown is
caused by mastication – the process by which food
Produce Saliva – A liquid
is crushed that contains
and ground several
by teeth in order to
components
increaseto start
the digestion
surface in the
area for mouth.to work on.
enzymes
Whilst
Amylase chewing
is one of thethe food is moistened
components which is by saliva
from
secreted the
into salivary
the mouthglands fordown
to break easier swallowing of
Starch
the Maltose
into Bolus (ball
andlike structure
Glucose made of food and
(sugars).
saliva) and Amylase is added to begin the chemical
breakdown of carbohydrates found in food.

OESOPHAGUS
(GULLET/FOOD PIPE)
An organ which passes food from the Pharynx (part
of the throat) to the stomach via Peristalsis.
 STOMACH
You stomach is a hollow organ which produces
LIVER
Hydrochloric acid and enzymes to break down food
chemically.
The Liver is a large, meaty organ that sits on the
rightMuscle tissue
side of in theWeighing
the belly. stomach about
helps with the the
3 pounds,
physical
liver Rectum
breakdown of
is reddish-brown food by
in color andcontracting to to
feels rubbery
squash and move the food around.
the touch.
The Rectum is the final stage of
Protease
The main job(breaks
of thedown
liver Proteins  Amino
is to filter Acids)
the blood and to
the Large Intestine where feaces
and Lipase
secrete (breaks
BILE down
into the Fatsintestine.
small  Fatty Bile
acids
is &an
(poo) are stored.
Glycerol)substance
alkaline are enzymes which by
produced arethe
secreted here
liver and as
stored
in thethey
gall bladder.
work bestItinisacidic
secreted
conditions.
into the small
intestine, where it emulsifies fats which provide a
larger surface area for Lipases to work.

Small Intestine
Pancreas
Your Small Intestine is a long hollow tube which can
Gall
measure from Bladder
3-10.5 M. The walls of the Small
The pancreas is a 15 cm long digestive leaf shaped
Intestine are covered in Villi.
Yourorgan
Gall Bladder is a four-inch,
that is found behind thepear-shaped
stomach. organ
Bile from the Gall Bladder, Chyme (partially digested
located under your Liver.
The pancreas is the chief factory
food), and digestive for making
juices from digestive
the Pancreas are
The
enzymesjob(Protease,
secretedof the
here.Gall Bladder
Pancreatic
The enzymesisAmylase
to
thatstoreand
are and deliver
Lipase)
found in the
which Bile
small into the small
areintestine
secreted intointestine
work the small
best underto help with
intestine.
alkaline Itthe
also
conditions.
Thebreakdown
produces hormones
walls of such
of the fats. Bile
as
intestine is also
Insulin
are toalkaline which
regulate
semi-permeable blood
which
neutralizes
allows for the
the acidity
sugarof
diffusion thedigested
levels.
of contentsmolecules,
passing from
such

Anus
the stomach
as glucose, aminointo the
acids small
and intestine.
fatty acids, to pass
through them and into the bloodstream.
The Anus is the opening of the Rectum

Largebody.
Intestine
where feaces (poo) are ejected from the
The Anus is the end of the human
digestive
The large intestine is about 5 system.
feet long and its
primary function is to absorb water from the
remainder of the indigestible food matter it
has received from the small intestine.