Digestive System

• anything you are doing mechanically in order to break down your food

• it happens mainly in the stomach - food is broken down with chemicals, enzymes, and acids

• the shape and skull size has to do with what you eat and how you eat

• little proteins that breakdown food

• it happens in your esophagus, it pushes it down into your stomach

• it covers the wind pipe, so food doesn’t go down it

• it is the soupy mixture in the stomach

• they are like little fingers, they help mix up food in the stomach

• it breaks down starches into sugar

• it breaks down proteins

• it breaks down starch, proteins, and faats

• it helps to break down sugar, protein, and fats