2.  Your digestive 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.

3. It is located from your mouth to your stomach

4.  Why is digestion important?  It digests our food to provide energy

5.  The digestive system is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus. Inside this tube is a lining called the mucosa. In the mouth, stomach, and small intestine, the mucosa contains tiny glands that produce juices to help digest food.  Two solid organs, the liver and the pancreas, produce digestive juices that reach the intestine through small tubes. In addition, parts of other organ systems (for instance, nerves and blood vessels) play a major role in the digestive system. pancreas

7.  The digestive system is important to the body because it provides energy to the other systems so they can do their part in the body.

8.  Dysphasia- Difficulty swallowing  Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (Gerd)  ulcers

9.  Drink water- It helps break down food in your stomach.  Eat slowly so you don’t swallow a big piece and you also shouldn’t eat fast because it will give you a stomach each.

10.  The esophagus is 10 inches long.  1.7 liters of saliva is produced each day.  The digestive system takes six hours to digest food.

11.  How Long does it take to digest food?  Answer: 6 hours  Where is the digestive system?  Answer: It starts in your mouth and drops into the stomach.  How many parts are in the digestive system?  Answer: 7 parts

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