| question | answer |
| food enters the body and mixes with saliva | mouth |
| food travels down this tube that leads to the stomach | esophagus |
| the food mixes with gastric juices and is broken down even furthder | stomach |
| food travels through this very long tube that removes most of the nutrients from the food | small intestines |
| these are in the small intestines and they absorb the nutrients from the food | villi |
| tube that sucks out all the remaining water from the waste | large instestines |
| place where waste is stored until it can exit the body | rectum |
| Where does the nutrients from the food enter the blood stream through the capillaries? | villi |
| What is the name of the liquid in your mouth that begins breaking down the food and makes it easier to swallow? | saliva |
| How are the digestive system and circulatory system related? | the digestive system breaks down the food into its nutrients and the circulatory system delievers the nutrients to the rest of the body |
