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: Samuel 1ang
Pave you ever LhoughL of where Lhe food
you eaL goes? Cf course lL's your sLomach, buL
Lhe sLomach ls noL Lhe only place, your
sLomach ls only a parL of Lhe [ourney, Lhe food
goes Lhrough your whole dlgesLlve sysLem!
llrsL Lhlngs flrsL, whaL ls a dlgesLlve sysLem? A dlgesLlve
sysLem ls a group of organs LhaL breaks down food lnLo smaller
parLlcles LhaL your body can absorb. AfLer Lhe food geLs broken
down, Lhe food wlll go Lo Lhe small lnLesLlne and lL wlll wlll Lake
Lhe nuLrlenLs ouL of Lhe food and send lL lnLo you're your blood
vessels. 8uL how does your dlgesLlve sysLem break down Lhe food?
Well, dlgesLlon ls ofLen spllL lnLo Lwo parLs: Chemlcal dlgesLlon
and mechanlcal dlgesLlon. Chemlcal dlgesLlon refers Lo your sallva
and your sLomach acld, Lhey wlll make Lhe food sofL and melL lL.
Mechanlcal dlgesLlon refers Lo your LeeLh chewlng Lhe food and
your sLomach squeezlng Lhe food. Pere are Lhe sLeps of how Lhe
geLs dlgesL. llrsL, your LeeLh chews Lhe food and lL wlll go down
Lhe esophagus. Second, Lhe food
wlll geL melLed by your sLomach
and senL Lo your small lnLesLlne Lo
Lake ouL Lhe nuLrlenLs. LasLly, lL
goes lnLo your large lnLesLlne Lo
Lake ouL any lefL over nuLrlenLs. AL
LhaL polnL, you are ready Lo go Lo
Lhe baLhroom.
1here ls loLs of deadly dlseases LhaL wlll effecL Lhe dlgesLlve
sysLem, such as sLomach lnfecLlon, gallbladder sLones and
lnLesLlne lnfecLlons, buL l wlll only
Lalk abouL one dlsease: 1PL
uLCL8!!!! Some people mlghL know
ulcer, buL some may noL. ulcer ls
usually caused by sLress, splcy food,
lnLeracL wlLh vomlL and poop, and
alcohol. 1he besL ways Lo avold
ulcer ls don'L eaL food LhaL ls Loo splcy, don'L be Loo Llred, don'L
smoke and wash your hand afLer uslng Lhe washroom. 1here are
oLher Lypes of dlseases Loo, Lo avold geLLlng your dlgesLlve sysLem
slck, you musL eaL healLhy food llke wheaL producL and vegeLables.
?ou also have Lo chew slowly and eaL Lhe rlghL amounL of food, or
else your sLomach wlll have Lo work exLra.
1he organ sysLems are frlends wlLh each oLhers, and Lhey
always help each oLhers llke we do! 1he dlgesLlve sysLem ls
frlends wlLh Lhe clrculaLory sysLem, muscular sysLem and urlnary
sysLem. 1he dlgesLlve sysLem helps Lhe clrculaLory sysLem by
sendlng nuLrlenLs lnLo Lhe blood and brlngs lL Lo Lhe cells. 1he
muscular sysLem helps Lhe dlgesLlve sysLem helps Lhe dlgesLlve
sysLem by helplng Lhe sLomach Lo squeeze Lhe food. And Lhe
urlnary sysLem helps Lhe dlgesLlve sysLem Lo send ouL Lhe fluld
wasLe.
?our body ls very lmporLanL, you musL proLecL lL by learn
abouL lL!