Digestion starts here. When you chew food, Saliva mixes with the enzymes, which breaks down the food
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Oesophagus
This links the mouth to the stomach.
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Stomach
Here the food mixes with Protease enzymes and breaks down Proteins. In the stomach, there is a Muscular Tissue, which moves the stomach and churns the food. Hydrochloric acid is in the stomach to kill bacteria
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Liver
The Liver makes Bile, which is broken into tiny droplets called Emulsitication
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Pancreas
The Pancreas contains Glandular Tissue which produces 3 more enzymes
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Large intestine
Water is absorbed here
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Small intestine
Food is absorbed through the gut wall, into the blood
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