Digestive and

Excretory System
By Ben, Liz, Timmy, and Addie

Urine for a Treat!

Digestive System:
Purpose: to break down food into small molecules that can be passed
to the cells that need them
Includes: mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and
large intestine

Excretory System :
Purpose: Discharges waste produced by homeostasis through fluids,
like sweat, urine, or CO2
Includes: skin, lungs, kidneys, and their associated organs

Fun Fact: Whether or not your pee

smells weird after eating asparagus, is
determined by your genes.

How the Excretory and Digestive system work together

Digestive System: large intestine removes water from excess food
waste
Excretory System: kidney uses water to help remove wastes from
blood (can be reabsorbed or become a part of urine)

Steps through Digestive System:

Mouth: When food is chewed, saliva begins to digest carbohydrates
Esophagus: Muscles push food into your stomach
Stomach: Hydrochloric acids kill bacteria, enzymes break down
proteins, muscles churn and mix food (mechanical digestion)
Small Intestine: Absorbs nutrients and minerals from food (most
chemical digestion)
Large Intestine: Absorbs water from remaining
indigestible food matter

Steps through Excretory System -- Kidneys

Filtration: Pressure-filtering of body fluids (capillaries and
Bowmans capsule) produce a filtrate (water, salt, sugars, amino
acids, vitamins)
Reabsorption: Reclaiming valuable solutes (glucose, salts, amino
acids, water from the filtrate) through the capillaries
Secretion: Addition of larger molecules like toxins and
other excess solutes from the body fluids to the filtrate
Excretion: Urine (urea, salts, water) stored in bladder
until released from body

Thanks for Listening!