1. The Digestive System
The process of breaking down food into nutrients that the body can use.

2. The mouth- teeth, tongue, saliva
  1. Tooth
  2. Tongue
  3. Hard palate
  4. Soft palate
  5. Uvula
  6. Pharyngeal tonsil within nasopharynx
  7. Esophagus
  8. Epiglottis
  9. Trachea

3. Mouth

4. Stomach-changes food into a liquid
  1. Esophagus
  2. Cardiac region of the stomach
  3. Fundus of the stomach
  4. Lesser curvature of the stomach
  5. Greater curvature of the stomach
  6. Pyloric region of the stomach
  7. Duodenum
  8. Pancreas
  9. Spleen

5. Chemicals change the food.

6. Small intestine-nutrients are passed into the blood

7. Pancreas helps to break down starches and sugars

8. Liver- helps to break down fats.

9. Gall Bladder- stores bile produced by the liver which breaks down fats.

10. Villi are found in the inside of the small intestine
Villi are found in the inside of the small intestine. They absorb the nutrients.

11. The nutrients are then transferred to the blood.

12. Large intestine- excess water is taken out of the waste.