The Amazing Digestive System

By Alejandra Crdenas

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction To The Digestive System Chapter 2: Parts And Organs Of The Digestive System Chapter 3: What Process Does Food Have When It Passes Through The Digestive System? Chapter 4: Diseases That Can Affect Our Digestive System Chapter 5: Keeping Our Digestive System Healthy Chapter 6: Interesting Facts About The Digestive System Chapter 7: Glossary/Vocabulary Chapter 8: Bibliography.

Introduction To The Digestive System

Have you ever wondered how our digestive system works? Well, everyday we get hungry and we have to eat. We eat something and it takes some hours for the food to go through all our body, then we eliminate waste.Later, we get hungry again and the process starts all over again.

Parts And Organs Of The Digestive System

Acids: Any of a class of substances that release hydrogen ions when disolved in water and can react with a base to form salts.

Enzymes:A substance produced by a living organism.

Our digestive system organs are a very important part of our body. The process of digestion starts in our mouth. According to Enchantedlearning.com, our mouth breaks food into smaller pieces and mixes it with saliva to start the process of breaking it down. Our esophagus takes food to the stomach. In our stomach *acids and *enzymes break down the food. Our small intestine breaks down food into nutrients that cells can use. The large intestine removes water from food that we dont need and keeps it until elimination.

What Process Does Our Food Have When It Passes Through The Digestive System?
Molecules: A group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound. First it starts in the mouth. Chewing breaks food down and mixes it with saliva that turns food into smaller *molecules. Then we swallow the food that goes down the esophagus into the stomach. In the stomach strong acids and juices break down the food and pass it to the small intestine. In the small intestine food breaks down into nutrients. Then the nutrients pass through the small intestine to the blood to the cells. In the large intestine unused parts of the food go to the large intestine where water is removed and waste gets ready for elimination.

Diseases That Can Affect Our Digestive System

E.Coli: A bacterium commonly found in the intestines of humans and other animals.
According to YOUR BODY BATTLES A STOMACH ACHE by Vicky Cobb, something that can affect our normal digestion is a stomach ache. For example a harmful *bacteria called *E.Coli can cause a stomach ache. Also in rare cases parasites can cause a stomach ache. But most stomach aches are caused by a *virus. A disorder of our digestive system is *cancer because we can develop stomach,colon or intestine cancer. And it can be really bad for our digestive system. Also harmful bacteria can affect our digestive system.

Cancer: The disease called by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.

Bacterias: Any of a large group or very small one celled organisms that reproduce ssion or by forming spores.

Virus: An infection or disease

Keeping Our Digestive System Healthy

Proteins: Any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist as large molecules.
According to FOOD AND DIGESTION by Steve Parker *proteins are very important for our digestive system. We need proteins for growth, repair and replacement. Proteins are found in food like meat, sh, eggs etc. We also need to eat *carbohydrates to have energy and to be active. Foods that have carbohydrates are: potatoes, bread, pasta etc. Carbohydrates are very important for our body. *Fats are better to be consumed in small amounts. We also have to eat fruits and vegetables because they give us vitamins and minerals.

Fats: A natural oily or greasy substance occuring on animal bodies.

Carbohydrates: Any of a large group of organic compounds occuring on foods and living tissues and including sugar,starch,cellulose.

Interesting Facts About The Digestive System

-Did you know that taste buds are things in our tongue which help us know what food tastes like? Taste buds send messages to our brain to help us know. -Did you know that your stomach can stretch to hold the food you eat? -Did you know that food takes 20-45 hours to travel from one end of the digestive system to the other? -We make 1-3 pints of saliva a day. -Food stays in your stomach from 2 to 3 hours. -An adults stomach can hold approximatley 1.5 liters of material.

Conclusion

Finally, I hope that you have learned a lot about the digestive system and its process. Personally I learned a lot of new things and discovered how well the digestive system works. I had a lot of fun working on this project and hopefully you have found it as interesting as I have.

Glossary/Vocabulary

Acids: Any of a class of substances that release hidrogen ions when disolved in water and can react with a base to form salts. Bacterias: Any of a large group or very small one celled organisms that reproduce ssion or by forming spores. Cancer: The disease called by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. Carbohydrates: Any of a large group of organic compounds occuring on foods and living tissues and including sugar,starch,cellulose. E.Coli: A bacterium commonly found in the intestines of humans and other animals.

Enzymes:A substance produced by a living organism. Fats: A natural oily or greasy substance occuring on animal bodies. Molecules: A group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound. Parasites: An organism that lives in another organism. Proteins: Any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist as large molecules. Rectum: The nal section of the small intestine ending at the anus. Virus: An infection or disease.

Bibliography

- My Body Battles A Stomach Ache By Vicky Cobb. - The Digestive System By Anita Ganeri. -Food And Digestion By Steve Parker. -Kidshealth.org -Enchantedlearning.com

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