Digestion

Digestion

When you eat food, the things in it go all around your body. This starts with digestion.

The journey of food.

You put the food into your mouth then you chew it with your teeth, the tongue moves the food around and the saliva breaks down the food and the food swallow.

Food travels along a tube called the oesophagus.

It then reaches your stomach. This is like a stretchy bag. This is where the food is mixed with juices and turned into gooey liquid.

This gooey liquid travels through a very long tube called the small intestine. The digested food passes into your blood, and goes where your body needs it. Any food that can’t be digested becomes waste and is stored in the large intestine until it is passed out.