THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHERE DOES MOST OF OUR DIGESTION TAKE PLACE ?
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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHERE DOES MOST OF OUR
DIGESTION TAKE PLACE ?
DIGESTION STARTS IN THE MOUTH
ESOPHAGUS
STOMACH
MUSCULAR ORGAN CONTAINS GASTRIC JUICES ACID
CHURNS TO DIGEST TAKES ABOUT 4 HOURS
SMALL INTESTINES* WHERE MOST DIGESTION TAKES PLACE ! SEE LESSON EQ!
ABOUT 20 FEET LONG NUTRIENTS ABSORBED DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM
LARGE INTESTINESAKA COLON
ABSORBS WATER DRIES OUT AND TURNS LIQUID INTO FECES
PROBLEMS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
INDIGESTION – FOOD NOT ALL DIGESTED
HEARTBURN – STOMACH ACID ENTERS THE ESOPHAGUS
DIARRHEA – FECES ARE LIQUID AND PASSED OFTEN
CONSTIPATION - FECES ARE HARD AND DIFFICULT TO PASS