Mouth |
Teeth & tongue |
Food is changed into smaller chunks and meet with saliva, which can digestion sugar |
Oestophagus |
Long tube |
The food is moved from the mouth into stomach (peristalsis waves) |
Stomach |
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Proteins are digested there. Hydrochloric acid kills bacteria and makes the correct pH ( gastric juice) |
Duodenum |
First part of small intestine |
Bile (made in liver, stored in gall bladder) and pancreatic juice work there. |
Ileum |
Second part of small intestine |
Fat sugar, proteins are digested there. Digested food is passing though the wall of small intestine into the large intestine |
Colon |
First part of large intestine |
Water is reabsorbed into blood. |
Rectum |
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Anus |
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