Name all the parts of the digestive system and their functions

Name all the parts of the digestive system and their functions:

Mouth

- Chemical Digestion [Carbohydrates] -> Enzymes

- Saliva Slimes your food so it can easily slide down your esophagus

- Mechanical (Physical) Digestion [Chewing food breaking it into smaller pieces]

Esophagus

- Squeezes the food down to the stomach

Stomach

- Stores Food

- Mixes food (mechanical digestion)

- Makes acid-> in order to breakdown protein

Enzyme pepsin-> breaks down protein ph-2 in your stomach when you get food inside

Small Intestine

- Fats (lipids), carbohydrates, proteins are all finished getting digested

- All of these are absorbed into your blood from your small intestine

Pancreas

- Makes all the important enzymes that go to digest fats, carbohydrates, proteins

Makes insulin in order for your body cells to suck up

Sugar (glucose)

Liver

- Makes bile which is stored in your gall bladder and sent to your small intestine to help digest fat.

- Filters blood from small intestine

- Store sugar, so it can be released

Large Intestine

- Stores undigested food

- Stores water