Your digestive system breaks down food so your body's cells can use it to make energy. Digestion begins in the mouth where chewing breaks down food. The food then moves through the esophagus into the stomach where muscles squeeze it into smaller pieces and chemicals further break it down. Next, the food moves to the small intestine where nutrients from the food are absorbed into the bloodstream to nourish cells. Any remaining food then moves to the large intestine where water is absorbed before the waste leaves the body.

1. Your digestive system
breaks down ____________
so your body’s cells can use it
to make
_________________.
1. Digestion begins in your
________________, where food
enters your body. As you chew,
_____________________ mixes
with food and begins to break it
down.
2. When you swallow, the food
moves down your
_______________________,
a long tube that connects your
mouth to your stomach.
3. Your ____________________
muscles squeeze the food to
_____________ it into smaller
pieces. Chemicals mix with the
food and help break it down, too.
4. Next, the food moves to your
__________________________,
where _____________________
from the food are absorbed into
the bloodstream, and nourish
your cells.
.
5.
Next,
any
food
that
was
not
absorbed
moves
onto
your
_____________________________,
or
colon,
where
________________
is
absorbed
into
your
body.
Then
the
rest
of
the
food
leaves
the
body.

2. 1. Mouth
Name:
______________
The
Digestive
System
3. Stomach
2. Esophagus
5. Large
Intestine
4. Small
Intestine