Explanation Writing: The Digestive System

The Digestive System.

Have you ever wondered where your food goes? Your chewed up food goes through the digestive system.  The digestive system is made up of lots of body organs. There is the esophagus, the liver, the stomach, the pancreas, the large intestine, the small intestine and a few others.

As soon as the food you are eating goes into your mouth your saliva dissolves the food so it it soft.  Your saliva forms when you are looking at food. The tongue pushes food down your throat called bolus.  The food goes down the esophagus. The esophagus is 25cm long.

After the food has gone down the esophagus it goes into the stomach. Your stomach is the shape of a j.  Your stomach stores all the food that you eat. Inside the stomach acids and enzymes break it down into liquid.

Your liver is up in your abdomen.  It is an important part of the digestive system. The liver is the largest solid organ in the human body.  Three of the big jobs it does are cleans your blood, It produces an important digestive liquid called bile and It stores energy in the form of a sugar called glycogen.  All the waste that your body doesn’t need gets carried into the intestine and out of your body when you poop. Other waste processed by the liver goes through your blood to your kidneys and out in your pee.'

So now you know where your food goes once you have eaten it.  When someone asks you where your food has gone you can tell them, it goes through your digestive system.