1. The Digestive System A SYSTEM OF THE HUMAN BODY By, Colin

2. Let’s say that it is your birthday. Right now you are taking a big bite of cake, how does your cake get from one end of your body to the other? THE POWER OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

3. STARTING Your piece of cake will start there journey in the digestive system in the mouth. In your mouth the piece of cake will be chewed up into lots of teeny, tiny pieces. Your tongue helps to taste the food, and to push your food to the next part of the journey.

4. DOWN IT GOES The esophagus is the next step on the journey. After your cake is chewed, the tongue pushes against the top of your mouth This moves the chewed up cake toward the pharynx. The pharynx is the top part of your esophagus.

5. NEXT STOP Now your food will make its way to the stomach. The stomach is shaped like a J. Its inside wall is lined up with millions of gland. These glands make gastric juice, which has special acids that break down and digest food. Food is stored in the stomach for about 4 hours. Then it is released, or let go of into the small intestine.

6. All Ashore Now your food will enter the state of small intestine. The small intestine is a long narrow tunnel of muscle. It is uneven and covered with bumps. The small intestine absorbs or takes in nutrients. What ever can’t be absorbed gets passed to the large intestine.

7. Now the food will enter its last stop, the large intestine. There, any extra water and salts are absorbed Here's a fact: The small intestine is longer, and the large intestine is shorter. Last Stop

8. THANK YOU AND REMEMBER… STAY HEALTHY