Digestive+System

Digestive System:

Your project must contain: - a life-sized, colored illustration of your organ system with labels - at least three pictures of your organ system - a bibliography/list of sources used - 8 x 10 poster annotations of assigned information below

1. Illustrate the parts of the digestive system. 2. Compare mechanical digestion to chemical digestion. 3. Discuss the chemical digestion of carbohydrates, proteins and fats with respect to enzymes involved, the products of digestion and sites of digestion. 4. Discuss the importance of the liver and pancreas in digestion. 5. Discuss the absorption of nutrients into the blood. Explain how the structure of the villi accomodates this process. 6. Describe one disorder of the digestive system. 7. Anything else you think should be included.

Vocabulary to be included: digestion, salivary glands, stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, villi, bile, E. coli, pH

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