The digestive system

        Functions of the Digestive System

The digestive system is responsible for breaking down food we eat into smaller Components so that nutrients can be Easily absorbed by body and the Waste discarded.

There are two types of digestion. Mechanical digestion is the physical breakdown of large pieces of food into small pieces through and chewing.

While chemical digestion uses enzymes to break down this food mass further into small molecules which the body can separate and use.