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Mouth |
This is where digestion starts with the teeth chewing the food. It then mixes with saliva which contains an enzym called amylase that breaks down carbs |
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Oesophagus |
2) Food pipe. Links mouth to stomach |
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Stomach |
3) The food mixes with protease enzymes that digest proteins. Contains muscular tissue that moves the stomach wall and churn food. Hydrochloric acid is in there to kill harmful bacteria and gives a low pH for the enzymes to work |
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Liver |
4) Makes bile that breaks fat into tiny droplets which is a process called emulsification. Its the right alkaline to give the right pH for the enzymes to work in the small intestine |
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Pancreas |
5) Contains glandular tissue which makes 3 enzymes Protease that digests protein Carbohydrase that digests carbs Lipase that digests lipids |
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Large intestine |
6) water is absorbed here |
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Small intestine |
7) Produces more enzymes to further digest proteins carbs and fats. Food is absorbed through gut wall into blood which moves it around to where the body needs it |
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Rectum |
Contains materials we can't digest. Stored as faeces which come out of the anus which is a process called egestion |
