Key learning points

1. From the stomach, food moves through the small intestine where digested nutrients are absorbed through the walls.
2. Undigested food travels through the large intestine, where remaining water is removed.
3. Waste food is stored as faeces in the rectum and leaves the body through the anus.
4. Models can be used to demonstrate and explain things that we are not able to see or experience for ourselves.

Keywords

• Intestine - The intestine is a long tube that is split into the small and large intestine, through which food travels from the stomach and out of the body while it is being digested.

• Nutrients - Nutrients are important substances that living things use to stay alive and healthy. Animals take in nutrients from their food.

• Rectum - The rectum is the end part of the large intestine that holds faeces before it leaves the body through the anus.

• Faeces - Animals make solid waste in the form of faeces.

• Anus - The anus is the hole at the end of the digestive system through which solid waste is pushed out.

Common misconception