DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

DIGESTIVE PROCESS

What do you know about the digestive system? Watch the following video and learn more about it!



Are you ready to practice what you have learnt?

Click to complete a quiz about the digestive system

Continue and label the parts of the digestive system

And finally, how many words can you find in this crossword?

 

Food	Digestion begins in the mouth
Mouth	We chew food and mix it with saliva
Oesophagus	Food travels to the stomach
Stomach	Food is turned into thick liquid with gastric juices
Small intestine	Liver and pancreas send juices to take nutrients. Nutrients go to blood
Large intestine	Water is absorbed. Waste is excreted as faeces through the anus.

 

FOOD AND NUTRIENTS

Food is also very important in the digestive process, and our body takes the necessary nutrients from this food in order to maintain it healthy.

Do you think that our body prefers vegetables and fruit more that hamburgers and chips?

Look at the dish and discover what you should eat more or less depending on the kind of food to feel good and be healthy!

OUR  TEETH

 

The Incisors. They are used for biting and cutting the food.

The Canines.They are used for tearing food.

The Premolars. They are used for crushing food.

The Molars. They are used for chewing and grinding the food into smaller pieces.