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Better Health - Digestive System
We need food to fuel our bodies for energy, growth and repair. The digestive system converts the foods we eat into their simplest forms, like glucose (sugars), amino acids (that make up protein) or fatty acids (that make up fats).
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/digestive-system
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Digestive System Functions - Cleveland Clinic
Your digestive system is uniquely constructed to perform its specialized function of turning food into the energy you need to survive and packaging the residue for waste disposal. To help you understand how the many parts of the digestive system work together, here is an overview of the structure and function of this complex system.
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases_conditions/hic_The_Structure_and_Function_of_the_Digestive_System
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Human Digestive System - Enchanted Learning
The human digestive system is a complex series of organs and glands that processes food. In order to use the food we eat, our body has to break the food down into smaller molecules that it can process; it also has to excrete waste.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/digestive/
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Digestive System - About
The digestive system is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus. Inside this tube is a lining called the mucosa.
http://biology.about.com/od/organsystems/a/aa032107a.htm
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Kids Health - Digestive System
So there you are, sitting at lunch, enjoying some grilled-chicken pizza and a few orange wedges. When you're finished, you take a last drink of milk, wipe your mouth, and head to your next class.
http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/digestive-system.html
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Digestive System: Everything You Need to Know, Including Pictures
The Human Digestive System - Interactive anatomy images teach you all about the stomach, liver, gallbladder, appendix and the other digestive system organs.
http://www.innerbody.com/image/digeov.html
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Digestive System Facts, Information, Pictures - Encyclopedia
Get information, facts, and pictures about digestive system at Encyclopedia. Make research projects and school reports about digestive system easy with credible articles from our free, online encyclopedia and dictionary.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/digestive_system.aspx
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Science Kids - Digestive System Facts for Kids: Stomach, Intestines, Saliva, Esophagus
Learn some interesting digestive system facts for kids. The digestive system of humans and other animals plays a vital role in how the body processes the food we eat.
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/humanbody/digestivesystem.html
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Human Digestive System - Britannica
The system used in the human body for the process of digestion. The human digestive system consists primarily of the digestive tract, or the series of structures and organs.
http://www.britannica.com/science/human-digestive-system
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Slide Show: See How Your Digestive System Works - Mayo Clinic
A step-by-step look at how your digestive system works, from top to bottom.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/digestive-system/sls-20076373
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Digestive System, Digestion Information, Digestive System Facts, News, Photos - National Geographic
Get information, facts, photos, news, videos, and more about the digestive system and how it works from National Geographic.
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/digestive-system-article
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Your Digestive System and How It Works
The digestive system is made up of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract-also called the digestive tract-and the liver, pancreas, and the gallbladder. The GI tract is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus.
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/Anatomy/your-digestive-system/Pages/anatomy.aspx
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Digestive System: Facts, Function and Diseases - Live Science
The human digestive system converts food into nutrients that the body needs. A description of the digestive system's function, organs and diseases that affect it.
http://www.livescience.com/22367-digestive-system.html
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Human Body Digestive System Organs, How It Works, and More - WebMD
WebMD explains how your digestive system works.
http://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/your-digestive-system
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Human Digestive System - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
The human digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder). In this system, the process of digestion has many stages, the first of which starts in the mouth (oral cavity).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_digestive_system
