The Digestive System

Human digestive system

Organs that work together to digest food form the digestive system . The mouth , food pipe, stomach,small intestine and large intestine some of the organs of the human digestive system.

We chew food in the mouth. From the mouth , the food passes into the food pipe. The food pipe connects mouth and the stomach. From the food-pipe, the food goes into the stomach.

Food remains in the stomach for a few hours and then goes into a long narrow and coiled tube called the small intestine.

As the food passes from the mouth to the small intestine,

it breaks down into simple ,useful substances. The process of breaking down of food into simple , useful substances that can be used by the body is called digestion. Digestion of food begins in the mouth and is completed in the small intestine . The useful substances from from the digested food enter the blood and are carried to every part of the body. From the small intestine , the

undigested food goes into the large intestine and is removed from the body through the anus.