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Digestion and digestive systemOnline version

Filling the gaps exercise about digestion and the digestive system

by Martín Vicente
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Trough we obtain the nutrients and we need .

Trough the process of we obtain nutrients from the food we .

The system begins in the and ends in the anus . It consists of one tube called the digestive .

Indigestion is when we do not digest properly and we feel .

HOW THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WORKS

1 . In our mouth , our break up and chew the food into pieces . The food is with saliva .

2 . The food goes down the to the stomach . It is transformed into a . The paste contains we need , and some parts that we do not need .

3 . The paste goes into the intestine . Here it mixes with special .

4 . The from the paste are absorbed into the in the intestine .

5 . The parts go into the intestine . They form solid . This is waste . Waste is through the anus .