What is the Digestive System?

Answer 1

The Digestion System is comprised of many organs in your body such as your stomach, mouth, esophagus, and your two intestines.

The main functions of the digestive system is to digest the foods you eat, absorbs those nutrients from the foods you eat, and disposes of the waste product (poop).

The two main types of digestion is chemical and physical digestion. Physical digestion is the physical breakdown of food, using your teeth, called mastication.

Chemical digestion uses different fluids and chemicals in your body to break down the food further, such as pepsin and hydrochloric acid.

At the small intestine, the food turns into chyme, which is semi-digested food, but not quiet yet waste products. The nutrients in the chyme then gets absorbed by the villi, which is the inside lining of the small intestine.

The large intestine takes water out of the chyme, and turns it to fecal matter. It is then pushed to the rectum which is the last part of the large intestine, then out the anus and into your toilet.

The digestive system refers to the system from the mouth to the bowels. It is the system that the body used to draw nutrients from food and to eliminate waste.