Introduction:

Even though you can no longer see that apple you just ate for lunch, it is still in your body.  Read these websites and find out how your food goes through your body and what changes take place.

 

 

Directions:

Read the websites listed.  Once you have clicked on all the possible links that have to do with the digestive system, move on to the questions below.  Use the websites to answer the questions.

 

Websites:

http://www.innerbody.com/image/digeov.html

 

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000126.html

 

http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_html/digestivesystem.html

 

Questions:

Part A.   Use the following website to answer the questions:

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/

 

1. What is the role of the digestive system?

 

2. How does the food move through the digestive system?

 

3. What is the esophagus?

 

4. What are the three mechanical tasks of the stomach?

 

 

Part B.   Use the following website to answer the questions:

http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html

 

1. How long can the digestive process last?

 

2. What does saliva do?

 

3. What job does the tongue have?

 

4. What is the esophagus?

 

5. What helps the stomach perform its three jobs?

 

6. What does the small intestine do?

 

7. What do the pancreas, gallbladder, and bile do?

 

8. What part of the liver does nothing and what can go wrong with it?

 

9. What do the liver and colon do?

 

10. What goes on during the last part of a foods trip

       through the digestive system?

 

 

Final Assignment:

In Inspiration, cut and paste a clear picture of the digestive system.  Label the parts and write what each part does. The parts you should include are saliva, the tongue, the esophagus, the stomach, the small intestine, the pancreas, the gallbladder, bile, the liver, the colon, and the rectum.