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The food first enters your mouth, then travels down you esophagus. Then it enters your stomach where it is broken down farther. Then it travels through the duodenum, through your small intestines, through your large intestines. If then goes through your colon, solid waste leaves your body by way of the anus.
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What is the system that takes in food and breaks it down?
It is the digestive system.
Are the digestive system and excretory system related?
The digestive system takes food and breaks it down, and the excretory takes whatever is left over.
What does the digestive do?
The function of the digestive system is to break down the food we eat into simpler substances that can be absorbed by the blood.
How does the digestive system of an animal carry out a life process?
the digestive system takes in food needed by the body then it breaks down the food into a form the body cells can use
What system the esopghagus in?
Digestive. It's the tube that takes your food from your mouth to your stomach.
What system does the small intestine belong?
It is part of the digestive system for the small and large intestines do their part in digesting all the food we eat. The small intestines takes the nutrients out of our food and puts it into our blood stream and the large intestines (colon) takes the moisture out of the digested food (bolus) for excretion.
What part of the digestive system where most digestion of food takes places?
small intestine
What do muscular contractions have to do with our digestive system?
The muscular contractions move the food, mix it with digestive juices, and bring the digesting food in contact with the mucosa where absorption takes place.
Which two body systems are mainly responsible for taking in nutrients food molecules and getting rid of waste products?
http://wiki.answers.com/FAQ/6462excretory
How do the Endocrine and Reproductive systems work together?
The digestive system takes in the food and the excretory system removes the waste left over from the excess food.The digestive system takes in the food and the excretory system removes the waste left over from the excess food.
Where does the transfer of food from the digestive system to the circulatory system take place?
It takes place at the inner lining of the small intestine.
How does digestive system help you?
The digestive system processes food that is put into your body. The digestive system processes the food by breaking it down and absorbing the nutrients.
