The Digestive System

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2. Write down the organ functions in the box below.
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By KSC Dietetic Interns: Taelin Lanier & Rachel Brown

 Fun Facts: the Digestive System
There is so much to know about the human body! The digestive system is
an amazing part. It helps you use food to grow and play. Share your
knowledge with your friends and family using these fun facts!

Fun Fact #1 Mouth Fun Fact #2 Esophagus Fun Fact #3 Stomach

We make 1-2 liters of
saliva every day. That is
enough to fill up 8 milk
cartons!
The esophagus is almost Your stomach has acid
10 inches long. Food takes strong enough to burn
10 seconds to go from the through metal! Our
mouth to the stomach. stomach has a layer of
mucus. This protects it
from the acid.

Fun Fact #4 Liver Fun Fact #5 Gallbladder Fun Fact #6 Pancreas

Just like the leg of a
starfish, the liver can
regrow its parts. If we cut
part off, it can rebuild in 30
days!
You can live without a Many countries eat the
gallbladder! In fact, many pancreas of animals. For
people need it removed if this reason, the word
it becomes really sick. pancreas in Greek means
all meat.

Fun Fact #7 Small Fun Fact #8 Large Fun Fact #9 Rectum

Intestines
The small intestine is 20
feet long. The large
intestine is only 5 feet
long. They are named for
the width, not their length.
Intestines
Our poop looks like
1 liter of chyme in the undigested food, but most
stomach turns into 1 cup of is actually
of poop by the time it bacteria from our
reaches the large colon.
intestines!