This is one of my math tasks. We had to create a healthy meal for dinner and add up the cost of it.

The Digestive System

                   How does our digestive system work?

                                                                                                 

When you eat, the saliva breaks down the chemicals in the food to eat which also helps to swallow our food and make it easier for us to digest. Our digestive system is made up of the gastrointestinal tract, also known as the “ GI ‘’ tract. Once the food has been crushed down and all the chemicals have been removed, all the food travels pass the GI tract and mixes with the digestive juices which is created into small molecules.

The digestive system all work together by processing our food we eat one at a time so it's easier for the rest of our digestive system to handle. The small intestine has four main parts, the appendix, cecum, colon and rectum. 

The appendix is a finger shaped pouch attached to the cecum, the cecum is the first part of the large intestine, the rectum is the end of the large intestine. The stomach is a bean shaped sack underneath the lower ribs, Once food hits the stomach sphincters at the opening of the stomach and exit into the small intestine close. The acids in our stomach kills any harmful microbes that may have found their way into our system.