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Health Module 14

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
A DepEd-BEAM Distance Learning Program supported by the Australian Agency for International Development

Man needs food. Food provides man with energy in order to stay healthy
and strong. Our body cannot use this energy from food unless it is

changed and broken down into soluble form. This module is focused on

the parts of the body that help in digestion and how food is broken
down.

Identify the digestive system, its major parts and its function.

Encircle the letter that has the correct answer.

1. We use our mouth when we eat our food. Where do you

think digestion begins?

a. stomach b. mouth c. anus

2. Where are the undigested foods stored temporarily?

a. stomach b. anus c. large intestine

3. Digestion is finally completed at what part of the body?

a. small intestine b. stomach c. pancreas

4. The process of breaking up and dissolving food so that it

can be used by the body?
 a. digestion b. respiration c. circulation

5. The opening where wastes leave out of the body is called __.

a. anus b. rectum c. pancreas

To the Learner

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DOUDENUM

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

The picture shows body parts that help in digestion. These body parts are
called digestive organs. These organs make up the digestive system.
The process of breaking up and dissolving of food so that it can be used
by the body is called Digestion.

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Parts of the Digestive System

1. Mouth – the mouth receives the food you eat. Inside the mouth are
the tongue and the teeth. Digestion begins in the mouth.

Act. 1 – Together with a friend, list some of the food

you’ve taken during breakfast and lunch.

Table 1 Breakfast Lunch

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Act. 2 – Try to do the activity with partner.

▪ Get any food you bought for recess.

▪ Take a bite and chew it.
▪ Take note of the body parts that you use in biting the food.

What body part bites and cuts the food? ________________

1.A Teeth - The teeth bite, cut and chew the food. As you chew
the food, the tongue with the help of the saliva mixes the food.
1.B tongue – The tongue helps you swallow the food.
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2. Esophagus – is a long tube about 25 to 30 centimeter- long where
the food passes. The food is squeeze and push down from the mouth
with the help of the tongue through the esophagus by the muscular
movement known as peristalsis.

3. Stomach – is a stretchable hollow muscular bag. It produces gastric

juices that help in the mixing and breaking the food further.

4. Small Intestine – is a coiled tube measures 6 - 7 meters and 3

centimeters in diameter connected to the stomach. It is where the final
digestion happens. It has 3 parts: duodenum (1st part); jejunum (middle
part); and ileum (3rd part)
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5. Liver – produces bile which goes through the gall bladder. It is
the largest gland in the body. Bile help digest fats.

6. Pancreas – an organ that produces pancreatic juices that

digests carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

7. Large Intestine – a large coiled tube attached to the small intestine. It is

where undigested food is temporarily stored. It reabsorbs most of the water
and minerals.
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8. Rectum – it is the passage of undigested food from the
large intestine.

9. Anus – an opening where waste come out the body. This

elimination of body waste is called defecation or bowel movement.
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You learned about the parts of the digestive system. Name the parts.

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Look at the drawings. Re-arrange the letters to come up with the names of
the parts of the digestive system.

1. _______________ 2. _______________

3. _______________ 4. _______________

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5. _______________ 6. _______________
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Digestion is the process of breaking up and dissolving food so that it can

be taken into the blood to be used by the body.

The parts of the digestive tract are: mouth, esophagus, stomach, small
intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus.

Associated with the digestive tract are the salivary glands, liver, gall
bladder and pancreas.

Together they make up the digestive system.

Let’s Test Ourselves

A. Identify the parts described below. Choose your answer

from the box below.

1. A tube connecting the mouth and the stomach.

2. The largest gland in the body that secretes bile.

3. It is where the undigested foods temporarily stored.

4. A long narrow coiled tube where digestion is

completed.

5. The part where digestion begins.

mouth stomach anus rectum small intestine

large intestine liver pancreas

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B. Encircle the letter that has the correct answer.

1. The process of breaking up and dissolving food so that it can

be taken into the blood to be used by the body is known as
_____________.

a. Digestion b. Respiration c. Excretion

2. When we eat, all the foods that we take in are not digested;
where do you think the undigested food go and stored?

a. stomach b. anus c. large intestine

3. Digestion is finally completed at what part of the

body?

a. small intestine b. stomach c. pancreas

4. We use our mouth when we eat our food. Where do

you think digestion begin?

a. stomach b. mouth c. anus

5. The waste leaves out of the body through the

opening called ______________.

a. anus b. rectum c. pancreas

Check your answers on the answer key at the last page. High Score?
Congratulations for getting a high score. It means you understand our
lesson well.
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Chewing raw vegetables and fruit keeps gum healthy because it

stimulates them and encourages them to flow through the veins in the
gums.

Source: Mc Millian Encyclopedia of Science.

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Answer Key

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1. b

2. c

3. a

4. a

5. a Let’s Do These Let’s Do More

1. mouth 1. stomach

2. stomach 2. esophagus

3. pancreas 3. anus

4. large intestine 4. large intestine

5. small intestine 5. small intestine

6. rectum 6. pancrea s

7. anus 7. mouth

8. esophagus 8. liver

9. liver

10. duodenum Let’s Test

Ourselves
A. B.

1. esophagus 1. A

2. liver 2. C
3. large intestine 3. A

4. small intestine 4. B

5. mouth 5. A

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