We need to digest our

food
Our body needs to break down our food
into simpler substances.

Is made up
of the following organs

1. Mouth
food enters our body
through our mouth
2. Oesophagus

is a tube between our

mouth and stomach
3. Stomac

h
is like a bag

4. Intestine

is a long tube, its made up

of two parts

small intestine

large intestine

The stages of digestion

Our teeth cut and chew the fo

1.Digestion begins in the mouth

Our tongue mixes the food w

Saliva.

2.The food goes down the

oesophagus and into the
stomach.

3.In the stomach

The food is mixed with a liquid (gastric juice)

This breaks down the foo
into simpler substances.

This mixture then goes in

the intestine.

4. In the small intestine the

food is divided
All the useful parts of our food
go into the blood.

The parts that we cant

use go into the large intest

5.In the large intestine they

are transformed into faeces.

6.Faeces are expelled through the a