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Point 1: Mouth - Food broken down into smaller pieces by chewing and partly digested by our saliva which contains digestive juices. |
| Point 2: Gullet / Oesophagus – A passage which partly digested food enters the stomach. (Digestion does not take place) |
| Point 3: Stomach – A bag-like structure which stretches when food collects in it. It releases digestive juices and food is partly digested. Food usually stays in it for 3 to 4 hours. |
| Point 4: Small Intestine – It releases more digestive juices and food is completely digested. Completely digested food passes through its walls into the numerous capillaries and into the bloodstream. |
| Point 5: Large Intestine – Food that cannot be digested enters here. Water in undigested food is reabsorbed and becomes solid waste. |
| Point 6: Anus – Solid waste from the large intestine is passed out from our body. |
