The first step of digestion happens in the ____. Our teeth break ____ into smaller pieces, and ____ helps make it soft. Saliva has special substances called ____ that help start breaking down food. Next, the food moves down a tube called the ____. This tube connects the mouth to the ____. In the stomach, food mixes with special ____. These juices have acids and enzymes that help break food into even smaller ____. The ____ in the stomach also help by mixing the food. The food then goes to the ____ intestine. Here, more ____ help break it down. One of these juices is called bile, which is made by the liver and stored in the ____. The pancreas also makes ____ to help. The most important job of the small intestine is to take vitamins and minerals from the ____ and send them into the ____. Next, the food moves to the large ____. Here, water and salt are taken out. Whatever is left becomes ____, called stool. The waste is stored in the ____ until it leaves the ____ through the anus.

Me4a Sci Digestion

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