Hi naz7,
Thank you for your question.
The Real Deal on the Digestive System - 3 pages
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html
You'll see next to text on the right Click here for a full diagram
(roll your mouse over the labels to learn more)
"So there you are, sitting at lunch, enjoying some grilled chicken
pizza and a few orange wedges. When you're finished, you take a last
drink of milk, wipe your mouth, and head to your next class. In a few
minutes you're thinking about the capital of Oregon or your science
fair project. You've completely forgotten about that pizza lunch you
just ate. But it's still in your stomach - sort of like a science
experiment that happens all the time!
Your digestive (say: dye-jes-tiv) system started working even before
you took the first bite of your pizza. And the digestive system will
be busy at work on your chewed-up lunch for the next few hours - or
sometimes days - depending upon what you've eaten. This process,
called digestion, allows your body to get the nutrients and energy it
needs from the food you eat. So let's find out what's happening to
that pizza, orange, and milk."
(see article and click next at bottom of each page)
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"Like we mentioned, after most of the nutrients are removed from the
food mixture, there is waste left over - stuff your body can't use.
This stuff needs to be passed out of the body. Can you guess where it
ends up? Well, here's a hint: It goes out with a flush.
Before it goes, it passes through the part of the large intestine
called the colon (say: coh-lun), which is where the body gets its last
chance to absorb the water and some minerals into the blood. As the
water leaves the waste product, what's left gets harder and harder as
it keeps moving along, until it becomes a solid. Yep, it's poop (also
called stool or a bowel movement).
The large intestine pushes the poop into the rectum (say: rek-tum),
the very last stop on the digestive tract. The solid waste stays here
until you are ready to go to the bathroom. When you go to the
bathroom, you are getting rid of this solid waste by pushing it
through the anus (say: ay-nus). There's the flush we were talking
about!"
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Biology Active Learner
http://w3.dwm.ks.edu.tw/bio/activelearner/45/ch45c1.html
What really happens to food as it travels through the digestive tract?
Click on Interactive Diagram on Mouth to Stomach
Then click inside outlined box to explore the different digestive organs.
Then click on Small Intestine then Large Intestine
Each page will have an Interactive Diagram with explanations
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What Happens to Your Food After You Eat It?
http://www.naspghan.org/assets/diseaseInfo/pdf/Eat-E.pdf
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keyword search:
What happens to the food we eat?
digestive tract
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Best regards,
tlspiegel |
