2. Digestive System Helps break down the food we eat Food convert into energy Required by other systems to function properly Helps nutrients and energy get to our body
3. Mouth Where the digestive process begins The food comes in contact with the Digestive system Where food made into smaller parts
4. Liver Breaks down food Helps food get to other parts of the body Very important to the Digestive system
5. Stomach A place in the body to keep food in while breaking down Where food turns into acids The only place that can handle these strong acids
6. Pancreas Create hormones Also make enzymes, break down the food in the Intestines
7. Gall Bladder Helps digest fat Pouch that stores bile and releases bile into the duodenum
8. Small Intestine Longest part in the digestive system Fats, proteins and carbohydrates from food goes through this organ
9. Appendix Small finger shaped part in the body Connected to your large intestine No purpose in the body