Health-Digestive System

          In health class we are learning about the digestive system. We are learning all of the body parts that create the digestive system and their functions. We had to create a diagram and label the parts of the digestive system and also their functions.

          Now I will tell you a little bit about what we have learned more specifically.Digestion is the process of breaking food into tiny pieces that are absorbed by your blood and carried through your body. There are many parts of the digestive system like your esophagus, stomach, salivary glands, liver, intestines, etc.Inside your mouth, you chew your food and your salivary glands give off saliva which moistens and softens the food. Then it goes through your esophagus which connects your mouth to your stomach. Then chemicals in your stomach digest the food more thoroughly. Then nutrients, water, waste, etc. go to other organs or parts of your body that are associated with your digestive system.