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Digestive System

Digestive System. By: Ady Almonte Date: 03/09/12. Function of the Digestive System. The digestive system consists of the digestive tract and glands that secrete digestive juices into digestive tract. It helps convert foods into smaller molecules in order to be absorb. Components.

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Digestive System

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  1. Digestive System By: AdyAlmonte Date: 03/09/12

  2. Function of the Digestive System • The digestive system consists of the digestive tract and glands that secrete digestive juices into digestive tract. • It helps convert foods into smaller molecules in order to be absorb.

  3. Components

  4. Description • Mouth • Pharynx • Esophagus • Stomach • Small intestine • Large intestine

  5. Job of the organ • Mouth- the teeth tears and crush the moisten food into a a fine taste until is ready to go down • Saliva glands contains two enzymes- amylase (breaks chemical bonds between sugar monomers in starches, andlysozyme( an enzyme that fights infection) • Stomach- is a large muscular sac filled with chemical digestion • The lining of the stomach contains millions of microscopic gastric glands

  6. Vitamins and Minerals • vitamin B6, C, D and H

  7. Bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme • Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology • http://www.answers.com/topic/lysozyme

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