The document summarizes the key parts and functions of the digestive system. It discusses the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, liver, and how the digestive system helps the circulatory system absorb nutrients. It also outlines how smoking can negatively impact digestion and lists some common digestive diseases. Finally, it provides some interesting facts about the digestive system like saliva production and digestion time.

1. The Digestive System By: Mark Hildebrandt Grade:5 Fessenden

2. All Major Parts Of the Digestive System liver esophagus gallbladder stomach pancreas large Intestine small Intestine rectum

3. The Esophagus made of muscular tissue delivers food to the stomach

4. The Stomach sac-like organ of muscle holds food

5. The Small Intestine made of three segments the duodenum, jejunum, and the ileum food moves through and mixes with the digestive secretions

6. The Liver processes the nutrients absorbed from the small intestine made of two lobes

7. How The Digestive System Helps The Circulatory System the digestive system helps the circulatory system by making nutrients so that the circulatory system can absorb them

8. How Rice Helps The Digestive System rice helps the digestive system by it can make it much easier to digest

9. How Smoking Effects The Digestive System smoking effects your digestive system badly because it can make you have a stomach ache and can cause heartburn

10. Common Diseases In The Digestive System the common diseases are crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, hemorrhoids, indigestion, and diarrhea

11. Interesting Facts And Pictures the esophagus is approximately 25cm long 1.7 litres of saliva is produced each day

12. Interesting Facts And Pictures the large intestine is 7 to 10 cm wide we take 1 to 3 pints of saliva each day

13. Interesting Facts And Pictures the liver is the largest organ in the body the liver performs more than 500 functions

14. Interesting Fact And Pictures digestion time takes between 24 to 72 hours.

15. Information Websites your digestive system. org the digestive system. com interesting facts about your digestive system. ca wikepedia. com ask how .com answer .com www. your digestive system. org