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Human Organs Unit

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  Preparation

1: Oxygen

2: Digestion

     The Activity

     Assessment

3: Disease

4: Our Questions

 

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Session 2. The Activity

See what happens to a bite of food as it moves along the food route.
Play the animation through to get an overview of the major organs of the digestive system. Then Start Over. Use the Next and Back buttons for a close look at the structure of these organs and the function of each organ.

Take a close look at at the movement of the products of digestion from the small intestine to the blood.
Play the animation through to see the "flipping" of the products of digestion through the cells of the small intestine into the blood. Then Start Over. Use the Next and Back buttons for a close look at the process involved.

Discover what happens to the products of digestion that have been circulated throughout the body.

  • Click here for a close look at how the products of digestion can be used to provide energy.
  • Click #1, #2, and #3 for more information.

Find out about Glucose Test Strips as indicators of the sugar glucose.

  • Click here to review Lugol's solution as an indicator of starch.
  • Click #1 and #2 to help you design your demonstration of the mouth as the first site of digestion.

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