Digestion
How long does it take to digest food?
16 to 24 hours
How does digestion work in the mouth?
You crush food with your teeth
Whats an esophagus
Contracts and relaxes repeatedly to move the food along to the stomach.
What does digestion mean?
The process by which the body breaks down food into smaller pieces that can be absorbed by the blood and sent to each cell in your body.
How does digestion work with saliva?
mixes with the food, also moistens and softens food
Whats a stomach?
The strong muscles of the stomach churn, or mix food.
How does enzyme work with digestion?
Its a substance that aids in the bodies chemical reactions.
Whats gastric juice?
Made up of acid and other enzymes.
Whats a small intestine?
A coiled tube that is 20-23 feet long in which about 90 percent of digestion takes place.
Whats a liver?
Is a digestive gland that secretes a substance called bile.